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Commissioners approve plan to add county drug-detective funded temporarily by forfeiture and SRO funds

McDowell County Board of Commissioners · March 16, 2026

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Summary

Board approved a request to fund a drug-interdiction detective using asset-forfeiture funds and a transitional SRO funding swap, with the county general fund expected to assume the roughly $77,000 annual cost by July 1, 2027, and commissioners agreed to revisit the commitment if future budgets cannot sustain it.

McDowell County commissioners voted March 16 to approve a staffing request to add a detective focused on drug interdiction after staff clarified allowable uses of asset-forfeiture funds.

County staff told the board the original plan to pay the position from federal asset-forfeiture funds would not…

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