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Clinton County council approves $68,650 in opioid settlement allocations, including mental‑health support for sheriff staff
Summary
The county accepted the opioid settlement committee’s recommendations and approved $68,650 in county allocations (about $59,650 restricted, $9,000 unrestricted) to support recovery cafes, probation testing, transportation, school vape detectors, transitional housing, vape disposal, and $15,000 for sheriff/jail staff mental‑health support.
The Clinton County Council accepted a full year of recommendations from the county opioid settlement committee and approved county allocations totaling $68,650 to local programs and services.
Laura Archibald of Healthy Communities presented the committee’s funding slate and itemized recommendations. "Funding recommendation totals for the county is $68,650," she said, noting that $59,650 of that would be restricted funds and $9,000 unrestricted. The recommendations included $16,900 for evidence‑based recovery cafes led by Trinity/Healthy Communities; $4,500 to reduce drug‑testing costs for qualifying probationers; $16,000 (split city/county) for Paul Philippi Resource Center transportation; $4,500 from restricted funds for additional vape detectors in existing school bathrooms; $37,500 for Week Care transitional housing (split with the city, county share $18,750); a $2,000 projected cost for vape device disposal to be split between city and county; and an emergency request to fund first‑responder wellness support for sheriff and jail staff.
Archibald said the committee submitted an emergency application for staff mental‑health support because several sheriff’s department employees had reported mental‑health and workplace concerns; the commissioners recommended increasing the request to $15,000, and the committee forwarded that ask to the council. The council voted to accept the committee’s report and approve the recommended requests; members signaled that formal appropriation paperwork would be completed and advertised for final action in June.
Archibald said agencies receiving funds must sign agreements, submit reporting data, and that the opioid settlement committee will meet quarterly going forward.
