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At a glance: minutes approved; kinship-care budget amendment approved; opioid-settlement grant tabled; contracts updated
Summary
The board approved the Jan. 19 minutes, approved a one-year budget amendment for relative/kin caregiver support, tabled a residential SUD opioid-settlement grant due to an incorrect attachment in the packet, and approved 2026 contracts in the $25k–$100k range including a new OWI assessor contract.
The Portage County Health and Human Services Board took several procedural and action items during the meeting.
Minutes: The board approved the minutes from Jan. 19, 2026, by voice vote after a motion and second.
Budget amendment (kinship/relative caregivers): The board considered and approved a one-year budget-transfer request to fund relative- and kin-caregiver supports. Members confirmed the funding is for one year and that continuation would depend on future grant awards or county funding decisions.
Opioid-settlement grant: The agenda item to accept a Residential Substance Use Disorder opioid-settlement grant was tabled after members discovered the packet contained the budget-transfer request twice instead of the grant application. Members agreed to table the item until the correct documentation is uploaded.
Contracts >$25,000: The board approved updates to 2026 contracts in the $25,000–$100,000 range, including a new contract to provide OWI (operating-while-intoxicated) assessment services after the prior assessor moved out of county. Members noted that contracts exceeding $100,000 require full county-board approval by resolution.
Votes and tallies: Most approvals were taken by voice vote; the transcript records "Aye" and "Motion carries" for enacted measures but does not provide individual vote tallies or roll-call records in the packet.
