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Commissioners discuss opioid-settlement spending plan and recommend hiring coordinator
Summary
Roscommon County commissioners reviewed current and projected opioid-settlement funds (noting roughly $902,000 on hand and over $2 million projected), recommended compiling resources, convening stakeholders and creating a coordinator job description to run a county program and a stakeholder summit later this year.
Commissioners outlined a plan for using opioid-settlement proceeds, saying the county currently holds about $902,000 and projects future receipts that could exceed $2 million. Commissioners emphasized using funds to supplement — not supplant — existing services, to fill service gaps, and to ensure ease of access to help for people with opioid-use disorder.
"We need to have a process in place where we can address their needs as much as we can immediately and then follow through with it," Commissioner Wolfson said, recommending a coordinator to inventory resources, reach out to stakeholders (law enforcement, EMS, courts, treatment providers, churches) and organize a summit to guide spending and program design.
Speakers said up to 30% of settlement dollars can be used for prevention and education; commissioners discussed hiring a coordinator, developing a job description and convening stakeholders (a summit possibly in November or December) to prioritize services. The proposed approach calls for a coordinator to identify available services, gaps, and deliverables and to recommend how funds can expand wraparound supports without duplicating existing programs. The board agreed the issue should move to a work session for further development.
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