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Selectmen propose using opioid‑settlement funds for AEDs, ambulance monitor and taser first‑year costs
Summary
First Selectman Paul Zolpa told the board he intends to recommend using a portion of the town's opioid‑settlement funds (account balance cited at $117,000) to buy AEDs for police cars (estimated cost about $82,000), an AED monitor for the ambulance association, and to cover the first-year costs of tasers; capital items will be raised at town meeting.
Paul Zolpa proposed that the board recommend to the Board of Finance the use of opioid-settlement funds to replace aging AEDs in police cars, purchase an AED monitor for the Woodbury Ambulance Association, and cover first-year taser costs. Zolpa said the town has received opioid-settlement payments since 2022 and cited approximately $117,000 in the town account; the AEDs for police cars were estimated to cost about $82,000 and older devices (17 years old) would be returned to the vendor for a $250 credit per unit.
Zolpa noted that because the AEDs and monitor qualify as capital items, the expenditures would need to be raised at town meeting rather than handled administratively. He also said the town will continue to receive opioid-settlement payments through 2038 and proposed using the funds for consumable AED supplies and device maintenance going forward. "It's about $82,000. We have a 117,000, in the account right now," Zolpa said, explaining the fiscal context for the proposal.
