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Winn Parish Jury approves $50,000 for public defender opioid-related cases
Summary
The Police Jury voted May 28 to allocate $45,000 for attorneys and $5,000 for administrative staff at the Winn Parish Office of the Public Defender to handle opioid- and drug-related cases; vote recorded as 5 yeas, 0 nays, 1 absent, 1 abstained.
The Winn Parish Police Jury on May 28 approved a $50,000 allocation from opioid-settlement funds to the Winn Parish Office of the Public Defender, with $45,000 earmarked for attorneys handling opioid- and drug-related cases and $5,000 for administrative staff. Mr. Kyle Potts made the motion and Mr. Author Robinson seconded; the Jury's recorded vote was 5 yeas, 0 nays, 1 absent and 1 abstained.
The motion appears in the meeting record as: "Motion by Mr. Kyle Potts to award Opioid funds to the Winn Parish Office of the Public Defender in the amount of $45,000 for attorneys handling opioid and drug related cases and $5,000 for administrative staff." The transcript does not include further detail on how the Office of the Public Defender will allocate or report on the funds.
