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Board signs letter of support for proposed Recovery Campus; no county funding committed
Summary
Retired Judge Joel Cunningham presented a Recovery Campus proposal; the Board authorized the chairman to sign a letter of support for one bed but clarified it did not commit county funds.
Retired Judge Joel Cunningham presented plans for a Recovery Campus intended to provide residential recovery beds, workforce development, supportive apartments and a wellness center to serve people affected by substance use, mental‑health challenges and homelessness.
Judge Cunningham described a proposed 50‑acre campus that would include a 100‑bed residential recovery center, a workforce development center, 32 permanent supportive apartments and a community wellness center. He told the Board the estimated per‑person cost at the regional jail is about $123 per day, compared with an estimated $54–$57 per day at the proposed recovery center, and requested the Board draft a letter of support and consider sponsoring one bed at a cost of $24,000.
Supervisor Frank W. Bacon moved, and Supervisor Edward Pennington seconded, a motion authorizing the Chairman to sign a letter of support for the Recovery Campus project for one bed; the Board approved the motion unanimously. Supervisor T. Wayne Hoover then moved, with Supervisor Bacon seconding, to add explicit language that no county funds were committed by the letter; that motion also passed unanimously.
The Board’s actions amount to a letter of support and a statement of non‑commitment of funds; they do not allocate county funding or enter the county into any contractual obligation.
