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Advisory committee urges quick release of opioid-settlement awards as contract review continues
Summary
The Penobscot County advisory committee agreed to push forward contracts and issue award checks to grantees while a county lawyer reviews the template; members also debated interest use, account transparency and recorded recent spending and remaining balances.
The advisory committee overseeing Penobscot County’s opioid-settlement grants agreed Thursday to move award contracts forward and issue checks to grantees as soon as the county’s lawyer completes a final review of the contract template.
“We move those contracts forward to get those checks out,” said Speaker 3 during the meeting, arguing the paperwork should not delay funding. Speaker 1 told the group she had asked Mackenzie for a template, handed it to the interim administrator to send to the county lawyer, and that the lawyer had “written to me this morning … and is looking at it today.”
The committee discussed competing goals: honoring a public photo or presentation at a county-commissioner meeting…
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