Board rejects $15,000 opioid-settlement training request after debate over travel and scope

Dec 11, 2024

A proposal to award $15,000 in opioid-settlement funds for continuing education to the regional treatment court failed on a roll-call vote after supervisors questioned sending a 10-person team to an out-of-state conference and urged local training alternatives.

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The Richland County Board rejected a request to award $15,000 in opioid-settlement funds to the regional treatment court for continuing education after several supervisors objected to funding travel for a 10-person team.

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