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Kay County OKs $6,000 in opioid‑settlement funds for Specialty Court drug testing
Summary
The Board approved using $6,000 from opioid settlement funds to cover out‑of‑county drug testing for all three Specialty Courts after DA Brian Hermanson said some tests must be performed outside Kay County.
The Kay County Board of County Commissioners voted June 15 to authorize $6,000 from the county’s Opioid Settlement Funds Account to pay out‑of‑county drug testing costs for all three Specialty Courts. The motion to approve Judge David Wilkie’s request carried with commissioners Kreger and Jones voting aye.
District Attorney Brian Hermanson told the board that while most drug testing is conducted in‑house, "some tests must be performed out of the county," and using opioid settlement funds would help offset that expense. The request was presented as an expense directly tied to court operations; no additional appropriation or amendment to the general fund was recorded in the meeting minutes.
The decision authorizes use of settlement funds for testing costs only; the transcript does not specify an ongoing annual allocation or the exact testing vendors to be used. The motion was made by Chairman Jeff Kreger and seconded by Commissioner Shane Jones.
