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To Adopt the 2022-2027 Opioid Settlement Spending Plan.
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RESOLUTION NO. INTRODUCED BY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO ADOPT THE 2022-2027 OPIOID SETTLEMENT SPENDING PLAN
WHEREAS, the County of Sullivan is a party to litigation seeking to hold opioid supply chain participants accountable for harm done to our community and many others; and
WHEREAS, the Sullivan County Substance Use Task Force aims to abate and alleviate the harmful impacts of opioid supply chain participants with Sullivan County’s share of funds allocated through settlements and judgments awarded through said litigation; and
WHEREAS, members of the Substance Use Task Force have collaborated across law enforcement, health and human services, medical provider pillars, and with members of the public to determine the best use of said funds within the terms established through litigation and subject to audit requirements established by the office of the NYS Comptroller, and
WHEREAS, the Sullivan County Legislature has reviewed the proposed Opioid Settlement 5-year spending Plan, described in Schedule “A” annexed hereto, and
WHEREAS, the Sullivan County Substance Use Task Force has a need to begin to allocate funds as soon as they are distributed,
WHEREAS, approximately 86.4% of the initial distribution of funds are to be spent on approved uses which include the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD), support for people in treatment and recovery, connecting people to care, addressing the needs of criminal justice-involved persons, addressing the needs of pregnant or parenting women and their families, preventing the over-prescribing and dispensing of opioids, preventing the misuse of opioids, preventing overdose deaths, supporting first responders, and providing coordination, training, research and analysis of all of these efforts;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the 2022-2027 Opioid Settlement Budget Plan is hereby approved subject to annual review, with specific spending limits not to exceed the following amounts between July 1, 2022 and July 1, 2023:
Sullivan County Substance Use Task Force Staffing and Training: $233,000
Pre-Arrest Diversion: $30,000
Prevention and Education: $89,800
Transportation Support: $87,000
Video Surveillance Assets for use in narcotics investigations: $180,000
Harm Reduction Support: $6,500
Drug Drop Off Site Expansion: $6,000
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Sullivan County Legislature, having access to additional funding to support these programs does hereby authorize the following additional expenditures from the general fund for the purposes of combatting substance use in our county:
Illicit Substance Detection Units and associated software: $130,000
Software to facilitate collection of evidence from cellular phones in narcotics
investigations: $52,000
Financial Assistance to Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster for the purpose of expanding services at their existing location in Monticello, NY: $50,000
Emergency Access to Naloxone in Government Buildings: $25,000
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Sullivan County Legislature authorizes the Sullivan County Manager to make the necessary budgetary amendments to increase revenue and expense accounts based upon this spending plan, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Sullivan County Legislature authorizes the Sullivan County Manager to procure the items and services in this spending plan including the authority to enter into the necessary contracts, with such contracts to be in a form as the County Attorney shall approve, and in conjunction with the Substance Abuse Task Force and Human Resources to assign administrative duties and appropriate stipends.