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Braintree board opts to leave opioid-settlement shares to state rather than take local funds
Summary
Town members recommended not completing Exhibit K to accept a local share of opioid-settlement funds, citing administrative limits on how funds may be spent and uncertainty about how a small town would deploy them.
Board members reviewed outreach about the state opioid settlement and discussed two options: do nothing (allow the town's share to flow to the state abatement fund) or complete Exhibit K to receive a local allocation. Speaker 2 recommended opting out, arguing the town could not readily use funds given the statute's restriction to opioid mitigation and the administrative burden involved.
"I would personally think that we would just want to opt out or do nothing," the Chair said, and the board agreed there was no need for a formal vote to take no action. Members suggested the state's broader abatement programs may better serve small towns like Braintree.
