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Controller flags legal limits on opioid and inmate‑benefit funds as constraints on budgeting choices
Summary
Controller Scott Park told commissioners he found $600,000 in opioid funds and $392,000 in inmate‑benefit receipts previously budgeted to supplant general‑fund spending; Park said legal restrictions likely limit uses and that attorneys are reviewing allowable expenditures.
During the Oct. 10 Budget Committee meeting, Controller Scott Park identified budgeted uses of restricted funds that may be legally impermissible and could shrink the county’s available options.
Park said he found roughly $600,000 of opioid‑settlement money included in the county budget to supplant other expenditures, and that using that funding to replace general‑fund obligations could ‘‘violate the state law’’ or settlement terms. He…
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