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Pepper Pike council establishes fund to accept opioid-settlement money, approves partnership for crisis-response program
Summary
Council adopted an ordinance to create a municipal fund to accept opioid-settlement distributions and unanimously approved suspending rules so the fund takes effect immediately. Officials described a planned "First Call" program — a shared social‑work/mental‑health response resource — and said any spending will require a future appropriation.
Pepper Pike’s City Council voted Oct. 14 to create a municipal fund to accept distributions from opioid-related legal settlements and to allow the city to participate in a shared crisis-response program.
Council members moved to suspend the rules and adopted the corrected ordinance number for the municipal fund. Staff and police representatives described a planned partnership that would let the city purchase access to a shared social-worker/mental-health professional to coordinate with first responders on calls involving people in crisis. Lieutenant Jim…
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