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Court approves opioid-abatement funding for MRT classes, ambulance lease payment and small health grants
Summary
Russell County Fiscal Court approved $20,000 from county opioid-abatement funds for MRT classes at the county detention center, authorized a $10,000 dispatch-lease payment to the county ambulance service, and committed smaller grants including $2,000 for the spay-and-neuter program and $1,000 to Russell County Recovery.
At its Aug. 11 meeting the Russell County Fiscal Court approved a package of health and emergency-services expenditures that the county said will support addiction treatment, emergency dispatch and animal-control programs.
Laura Woodrum of the Lake Cumberland Health District asked the court for $20,000 of the county’s opioid-abatement allocation to continue Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) classes at the Russell County detention center. Magistrate Mickey Garner moved the appropriation and Magistrate Terry Waddell seconded; the court approved the $20,000 award unanimously.
Judge Randy Marcum also asked the court to pay $10,000 to the Russell County Ambulance Service for the annual 911 dispatch lease; the court approved that payment at the request of Magistrate Terry Waddell. Separately, the court approved a $10,000 transfer tied to an FY26 KBEMS grant to assist ambulance operations.
The court committed $2,000 to the 2025 spay-and-neuter grant program and approved a $1,000 contribution to Russell County Recovery after a request from their representative.
What happens next: The Lake Cumberland Health District will continue MRT classes at the detention center with the approved funding; the KBEMS-related transfer and dispatch-lease payment will be processed through the Treasurer’s Office.
