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Council signals preference for prevention-focused Option B for opioid settlement funds
Summary
Rachel Adams presented two allocation options for Monroe’s opioid settlement funds; council members expressed informal consensus for Option B, which shifts more funding toward local prevention via the Monroe Community Coalition while still supporting co-responder and embedded-social-worker programs. No formal vote was taken; staff will return with contracts.
Rachel Adams presented two options for distributing the city’s opioid settlement funds and asked council for direction on a preferred plan.
Adams said the city has received settlement funds over several years and that the current fund balance is "a little over 200,000." She said contracts implemented in 2026 under the preferred option would obligate up to $76,035 of the roughly $250,000 in settlement funds the city has received to date.
Adams described Option A and Option B and how…
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