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Supervisor-backed resolution to create part-time Opioid Prevention Coordinator advances to full board
Summary
The Vernon County Finance Committee voted to draft and forward a resolution amending the 2025 budget to create a part-time Opioid Prevention Coordinator funded by Opioid Abatement settlement dollars, sending the proposal to the full board with a recommendation for approval.
The Vernon County Finance Committee voted Dec. 17 to draft a resolution that would amend the 2025 budget to create a part-time Opioid Prevention Coordinator position funded with Opioid Abatement settlement funds.
Administrative Coordinator Cassie Hanan presented the proposal to the committee. Supervisor Martha Olson moved and Supervisor Charlie Jacobson seconded a motion "to approve the resolution to amend the 2025 budget to create an Opioid Prevention Coordinator position, funded by the Opioid Abatement settlement funds, and send to the full board with a recommendation for approval." The motion carried on a voice vote with all voting in favor.
The minutes record the new position as part-time and explicitly funded from the county's Opioid Abatement settlement dollars; the committee forwarded the draft resolution to the full board for final action. The minutes do not specify a job description, salary range, or start date for the position, nor do they state which department will supervise the coordinator.
The next step is consideration by the full Vernon County Board; the committee's vote was a recommendation to the board rather than a final adoption.
