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Onslow County commissioners amend opioid-settlement spending to add post-overdose response and planning funds
Summary
The board approved a FY26 amendment to opioid-settlement spending that reallocates $432,223 for collaborative strategic planning, a post-overdose response team and recovery support services, bringing the year’s authorized spending to about $1.28 million; staff said some line items may not be spent because federal grants cover them.
The Onslow County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 16 approved an amendment to the county’s fiscal-year 2026 opioid-settlement spending authorization that adds $432,223 to local programming and planning.
Chrissy Hoover, who presented the amendment, said the county expects opioid-settlement payments over an 18-year period beginning in 2022 and that available settlement funds at the start of FY26 were about $5.2 million as described in the presentation. Hoover said the county had spent $883,263.41 through the end of the prior fiscal year. She said the proposed amendment would add $82,223 to collaborative strategic planning, $300,000 to fund a post-overdose response team (community…
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