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Leon County OKs opioid-settlement funds to buy AEDs for county buildings and patrol vehicles
Summary
The Leon County Commissioners Court authorized use of Texas Opioid Abatement Settlement funds to purchase automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and necessary accessories for county buildings and law-enforcement vehicles and authorized the County Auditor to process payments under county purchasing rules.
The Leon County Commissioners Court on Feb. 9 authorized the allocation of Texas Opioid Abatement Settlement funds to purchase automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and related accessories for placement in county buildings and law-enforcement vehicles.
Commissioner Kyle Workman moved to authorize the purchase; Commissioner T.J. Foley seconded the motion, which carried. The motion directed the County Auditor to process payment in accordance with county purchasing policies.
County officials framed the purchase as an allowable public-health use of opioid-abatement proceeds intended to support emergency response to opioid-related medical emergencies. County Auditor Melissa Abney was named in the motion as the official responsible for processing payments under existing procurement rules.
The action does not specify the number of AED units to be purchased, the dollar amount to be spent from the settlement funds, or a deployment timeline; those details were not provided in the minutes and are therefore not specified.
Next steps: the auditor's office will process the purchase in line with county purchasing rules and report back through routine procurement and financial reporting channels.
