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Board approves $17,590 from opioid settlement for local prevention and Narcan stations
Summary
The Board of Finance approved two allocations from the town's $231,000 opioid settlement fund: a $10,000 contribution to Demand Zero for school-based prevention work and $7,590 for town Narcan cases and signage to colocate with AED sites, with one member recusing from the Demand Zero vote.
The Madison Board of Finance voted Wednesday to approve two disbursements totaling $17,590 from the town's opioid settlement account.
The board approved a $10,000 contribution to Demand Zero, a local nonprofit running school-based synthetic-drug education, and $7,590 to buy 22 Narcan cases and signage for placement at the town's AED stations. Scott, speaking for the opioid settlement task force, said the town has about $231,000 available as of April 2026 and has spent only a modest portion so far while developing a strategic plan for the funds.
"We wanted to be very strategic and careful about how we spent" the settlement money, Scott said, describing a community-engaged planning process and a consultant report that emphasized prevention, treatment access, municipal capacity, and grants to local providers.
Demand Zero had requested $20,000 to support a national online workshop involving roughly 120 students from Daniel Hand classrooms; the task force recommended a $10,000 award as a starting contribution while the town finalizes a mini-grant process. One board member said they were involved with Demand Zero and recused themselves from the item; the recusal was recorded prior to the voice vote.
The Narcan purchase, proposed as municipal capacity building, would colocate naloxone kits and signage with the town's automated external defibrillator (AED) stations so staff and the public can locate emergency equipment quickly. Task force members emphasized the intent is to mark emergency-response equipment, not to suggest overdoses are occurring at those sites.
The task force said it will continue regular meetings to finalize a mini-grant application process and publicize how residents and local providers can apply for future funding.
The vote to approve both allocations passed by voice vote with the recusal noted; the board did not record individual roll-call votes in the transcript.
