Opioid Settlement
Taylor County · Taylor County · Minutes
Open the original document More from Taylor County
Text
Extracted automatically from the original. Tables and formatting may not survive; the original document is authoritative.
OPIOID SETTLEMENT AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Monday, April 20, 2026
Third Floor Meeting Room
Members present: Jim Metz, Chuck Zenner, Courtney Graff, Kristi Tlusty, Tracy Hartwig, Suzanne
Stanfley and Michelle Cahoon.
Members absent: Judge Ann Knox-Bauer and Kala Thompson.
Other Attendees: Nicole Hager, Rhianna Schmidt, Wendy Ness, Corey Dassow, Chad Kowalczyk
and Andria Farrand.
Call Meeting to Order: Jim Metz called the meeting to order at 12:05 p.m.
Approve Agenda: Motion by Zenner, seconded by Tlusty, to approve the agenda with 10
items. Motion carried.
Approve the minutes of the March 2, 2026 committee meeting: Motion by Zenner,
seconded by Tlusty, to approve the minutes of the March 2, 2026 committee meeting. Motion
carried.
Incoming funds update: The following annual payments will be deposited soon:
▪ Kroger Year 3 Allocations: $2,035.26
▪ Walgreens Year 4 Allocations: $4,766.17
▪ Janssen Payment Year 5: $2,505.59
▪ Total- $9,307.02
Allocated funding updates:
Stanfley reported that Human Services has used their funding for treatment in January -March; 4
rounds of treatment, room and board and/or treatment and 3 months of sober living.
Ness reported that Treatment Court has been supporting one person’s treatment and testing
services.
Cahoon reported the Health Department has used some money for prevention programs and
overdose training. There will be another overdose training in May and they have added it to
their CPR training.
Review of Financial report: Hartwig provided the following update:
Opioid Settlement Summary and Committed Funds
Summary
$261,254.90
Opioid Settlements received
and interest
$195,000.00 Committed by resolutions
$66,254.90 Balance left
$20.00 Stop Payment Fee
$66,234.90 Balance left
Committed Approved Spent Left
Resolution #57 2023-2-22 Treatment Court $47,000.00 $18,633.04 $28,366.96
Resolution #58 2023-2-23 Taylor County Human
Services $20,500.00 $20,500.00 $0.00
Resolution #59 023-2-28 Taylor County Health
Dept $20,000.00 $19,129.60 $870.40
Resolution #40 2024-7-67 Taylor County Human
Services $50,000.00 $16,990.19 $33,009.81
Resolution #71 2025-4-31 Taylor County Health -
Man Therapy $20,000.00 $20,000.00 $0.00
Resolution #78 2025-4-39 Treatment Court $16,000.00 $0.00 $16,000.00
Resolution #79 2025-4-39 Health - Sharps Drop
Box $10,000.00 $5,724.62 $4,275.38
Resolution #80 2025-4-40 Medication Disposal
Pouches $5,000.00 $0.00 $5,000.00
Resolution #81 Taylor County Health - Vital
Strategies $6,500.00 $2,278.97 $4,221.03
$195,000.00 $103,256.42 $91,743.58
Treatment Court $63,000.00
Human Services $70,500.00
Health Department $61,500.00
$195,000.00
Courtney Graff arrived at 12:15 p.m.
Work session to complete mandatory report of 2025 expenditures: All information for the
annual report was provided by the Health Department, Treatment Court, and Human Services.
Hager compiled the data and submitted the report.
Earmark a percentage of funds for treatment -related expenses: It was noted that at the
August 21, 2025 meeting, a request had already been made to focus additional funds on
treatment-related expenses, and the motion carried. After further discussion, it was agreed not
to lock in a specific amount, but to remain mindful of the need for treatment.
It was requested that Farrand send out the latest revision of the application and Exhibit E to all.
Set next meeting date: None set.
Adjourn: Motion by Zenner, seconded by Tlusty, to adjourn the meeting at 12:47 p.m. Motion
carried.
Andria Farrand
County Clerk
OPIOID SETTLEMENT AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Monday, March 2, 2026
Third Floor Meeting Room
Members present: Jim Metz, Chuck Zenner, Courtney Graff, Kristi Tlusty, Tracy Hartwig, Judge
Ann Knox-Bauer, Suzanne Stanfley and Kala Thompson.
Members absent: Michelle Cahoon.
Other Attendees: Nicole Hager, Rhianna Schmidt, Gina Thorson and Andria Farrand.
Call Meeting to Order: Jim Metz called the meeting to order at 12:00 p.m.
Approve Agenda: Motion by Zenner, seconded by Hartwig, to approve the agenda with 7
items. Motion carried.
Approve the minutes of the August 19, 2025, committee meeting: Motion by Zenner,
seconded by Metz, to approve the minutes of the August 19, 2025, committee meeting. Motion
carried.
Update on reporting: Graff provided an update, stating that the reporting is based on
settlement fund, which we do not track. They are looking for what came in and where it was
spent for each fund. We track ours as a whole . She stated that the next report will be due in
June and we will need updates from each program currently in place. No action taken.
Review of current approved projects’ expenditures for alignment with approved uses and
strategic priorities: This will become a regular agenda item to keep track of the spending
associated with each project and to ask/answer questions as they arise.
Stanfley reported that Human Services has received $70,500.00 to date and has used $37,449.19
on treatment and sober living.
Treatment Court will report at the next meeting. Tlusty noted that she is regularly reviewing and
approving invoices related to treatment services and associated expenses. She also said that
there will be Smart Recovery programs held at the REC Center. These are like AA or NA, but
they are not faith based programs
It was suggested that all review the settlement exhibit for additional ideas of how to use the
money.
Set next meeting date: None set, at this time we will plan on early May.
Adjourn: Motion by Zenner, seconded by Metz, to adjourn the meeting at 12:18 p.m. Motion
carried.
Andria Farrand
County Clerk
Source: Taylor County website. First collected Oct 7, 2026.