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Committee approves narrowed Group Violence Intervention strategy with county and forfeiture funding
Summary
The committee approved an updated, narrower Group Violence Intervention proposal. County Board Chairman Richard Brunk said the plan reduces scope from an earlier January proposal; the States Attorney's Office and county funds were identified as sources totaling about $112,000 across accounts.
The Governance, Health & Administration committee approved an updated Group Violence Intervention strategy on March 9 after a brief discussion. County Board Chairman Richard “Quijas” Brunk said he had spoken with the State's Attorney and described the current proposal as narrower than the original January plan.
Brunk described the requested funding sources and amounts: $33,600 from Opioid Settlement Funds, $39,200 from unencumbered County General Fund and $39,200 from the State's Attorney’s Drug Forfeiture Fund. The committee approved the item by voice vote; no recorded roll-call tally was given in the minutes.
The motion was presented as a narrower county-city collaboration (including the City of Rock Island Police Department) and the committee did not record any amendments or conditions to the approval.
