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Harpers Ferry allocates opioid-settlement funds for police takeback box and teen-court services
Summary
Council approved spending up to $6,000 for a prescription drug takeback box and sharps disposal at the police station and directed remaining opioid-settlement allocations to Jefferson County Teen Court administered through the United Way.
The Harpers Ferry Town Council voted May 11 to allocate opioid-settlement funds for a local takeback program and to support a juvenile-intervention program.
Councilor Jesse and Michael Ley worked on proposals to identify evidence-based uses of the towns opioid funds. The council authorized up to $6,000 to install a secure drug takeback box and a sharps (needles) disposal container at the Harpers Ferry Police Station; the boxes will be secured so officers do not handle contents and will be serviced by an outside collection vendor. The council moved the remainder of the assigned funds to Jefferson County Teen Court, a first-offender intervention program administered through the United Way that includes home and family supports.
Councilors said the allocation was designed to provide immediate public-health benefits (secure disposal and sharps collection) while also investing in prevention and alternatives to formal prosecution for youth. The motion passed unanimously.
