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Madison County adopts ordinance to set rules for opioid settlement spending and green-lights related jail funding
Summary
Madison County commissioners adopted an ordinance establishing procedures for appropriation, expenditure and reporting of opioid settlement funds and approved early 2026 funding tied to criminal-justice and jail-treatment services, including a new jail navigator, peer recovery support and expanded behavioral-health contracting.
Madison County commissioners voted unanimously to introduce and adopt an ordinance establishing processes for appropriation, expenditure and reporting of opioid settlement funds and approved an associated funding plan to begin supporting jail-based treatment services.
Chair (speaker S1) moved to introduce ordinance “2,026 dash PC dash o dash 2” by title only; after a second the board voted to introduce the measure and then suspended the rules to adopt it by title. The transcript notes “All 3 commissioners voted yes.”
Staff member (S3) described how the county intends to use the settlement money in the near term: “The hope is that, as you know, this kind of supercharges the…
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