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Brooke County tables opioid fund requests and schedules committee dissolution discussion
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Summary
The commission listed multiple opioid-fund requests as tabled — including a $580,000 request from the sheriff's office and $275,000–$350,000 from the health department — and President Andrew J. Thomas asked that dissolution of the Opioid Committee be added to next week's agenda and that application materials be re-sent with screening rubrics.
The Brooke County Commission left multiple opioid-fund requests on the table and moved to address the future of the county's Opioid Committee at a future meeting.
During the session commissioners listed several sizeable opioid-fund requests as tabled, including $580,000 from the Sheriff Department, $275,000–$350,000 from the Health Department, $125,000 from WVU Medicine, $120,550+ for Mike Loborec, and smaller requests including $20,000 for Easter Seals. Commissioner Andrew J. Thomas asked the Clerk to resend application forms and to include the screening rubric with all applications going forward and requested that the commission place dissolution of the Opioid Committee on next week’s agenda.
The minutes show the opioid-fund items remain tabled for further consideration; no votes on funding were recorded. The agenda also included letters of interest for commissioner vacancies and many applications for Opioid Committee membership that were filed previously and listed in the meeting packet. The commission indicated it would reach out to affected parties concerning policy and process for committee appointments and funding decisions.
The minutes do not record detailed deliberations or staff recommendations on the merits of the opioid-fund requests. Next procedural steps recorded are re-sending application materials and placing committee dissolution on the next meeting’s agenda.