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Board approves $5,000 for first-responder mental-health speaker using opioid-settlement funds
Summary
The Woodbury County Board approved $5,000 to fund a mental-health speaker for first responders, to be paid from opioid settlement funds after county attorney review clarified allowable uses; the measure passed 4-0.
The Woodbury County Board of Supervisors approved a $5,000 payment to fund a mental-health speaker for first responders, to be paid from opioid settlement funds. Chair said the county attorney had clarified allowable uses and described the presentation as addressing "mental health and PSD seeing these tragic incidents" and warning responders not to "drown yourself in alcohol or opioids to relieve the stress."
Supervisor (unnamed) moved to fund the speaker from opioid settlement funds and the motion was seconded; the board approved the motion unanimously. The chair recorded the motion as "Motion by Nelson, 2nd by Bittinger" and later stated, "Motion passes 4 0." The board noted the item had been tabled the prior week while staff sought the county attorney's opinion on whether the speaker's content fit permitted opioid-fund uses.
The funding request came via the Woodbury County Fire Association; the chair thanked the presenter for attending. No public comment was recorded on the item. The board provided direction to proceed under the clarified funding interpretation and did not attach additional conditions to the expenditure.
