Opioid Settlement

OPIOID SETTLEMENT AD-HOC COMMITTEE Wednesday, September 25, 2024 Third Floor Meeting Room Members Present: Chuck Zenner, Courtney Graff, Kristi Tlusty, Suzanne Stanfley , Michelle Cahoon, Tracy Hartwig. Members Absent: Judge Ann Knox-Bauer and Kala Thompson. Other Attendees: 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. Motion carried. Approve the minutes of the July 10 , 202 4, committee meeting: Motion by Zenner, seconded by Tlusty, to approve the minutes of the July 10, 2024, committee meeting. Motion carried. Review of financial report : Hartwig stated the checkbook balance is $171,351.99, of which $50,000.00 is committed to Health Department and Treatment Court. Review of applications for funds: Human Services submitted an application for $50,000.00 . Stanfley stated that the $20,500.00 requested in 2023 is exhausted and they continue to have the need for treatment, detox, sober housing and transportation expenses. $11,000.00 of the new request is already spent as they owe it to Tellurian for sober living. There was discussion about using some of this money to establish a sober living facility in our community. Several suggestions were made as far as additional resources to help fund this effort. It was suggested that Ness, Stanfley and Cahoon meet to start researching some options and report back at the next meeting. Ask others where they started. Motion by Zenner, seconded by Tlusty, to recommend the County Board approve the Human Services application. Motion carried. Update on settlement amounts received: Hartwig confirmed the following amounts have been received: • CVS payment 2: $4,944.49 • Teva payment 2: $4,692.41 • Distributor payment 4: $16,322.66 Hartwig also stated we received: • Allergan settlement: $4,770.58 • McKinsy settlement: $ 5,083.05 Other items from the committee: None. Set next meeting date: The next meeting will be at the call of the Chair. Adjourn: Motion by Graff, seconded by Tlusty, to adjourn the me eting at 12:30 p.m. Motion carried. Andria Farrand County Clerk TAYLOR COUNTY OPIOID SETTLEMENT AD-HOC COMMITTEE July 10, 2024 Taylor County -County Board Room Call Meeting to Order: Chairman Zenner called the meeting to order at 12:04 p.m. Members Present: Charles Zenner, Judge Ann Knox -Bauer, Courtney Graff, Tracy Hartwig, Kala Thompson, Suzanne Stanfley, and Michelle Cahoon Members Absent: Jim Metz and Kristi Tlusty Other Attendees: (for all or a portion of the meeting): Melissa Moore -Health Department, Wendy Ness-Treatment Court and Saskatoon Damm-Star News Approve the Agenda: ATTORNEY GRAFF MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA CONTAINING 10 ITEMS. CAHOON SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED. Approve Minutes from the June 10, 2024, Meeting : MOVE TO TABLE BY ATTORNEY GRAFF AS MINUTES WHERE NOT DISTRIBUTED. CAHOON SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED. Financial Report: Hartwig reported that the only new expenditure was for Abor Place of $4,940 through Human Services. Stanfley gave an update on upcoming expenses as the department is assisting an individual with detox and treatment not covered by MA. Approve resolution for Kroger Settlement: Per Attorney Graff, approval of Kroger Settlement occurred at the June 10, 2024 meeting and this agenda item is only gaining signatures from committee members. Resolution was signed by all members in attendance. Review of Application/s for Funds-Man Therapy Program Pilot: Cahoon and Moore gave an overview of the Man Therapy Funding Request of $15,000. Discussion was had. STANFLEY MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE FUNDING REQUEST FOR THE MAN THERAPY PIOLT. JUDGE ANN KNOX-BAUER SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED. Updated form Opioid Subcommittee: Cahoon shared information on a proposal to reinstate the Taylor County Medication Drop Box Program and pair with a Sharps Disposal Receptacle. Discussion was had, Chairman Zenner suggested bringing the proposal back to the Law Enforcement Committee. Zenner and Cahoon will ask that proposal be added to tomorrow’s Law Enforcement Agenda for discussion and action. Cahoon shared ideas for naloxone outreach in the community, including the creation and distribution of information al resource cards and purchase of newspaper stand like naloxone/fentanyl strip distribution centers. A request for Opioid Settlement Funding for naloxone/fentanyl strip distribution centers is pending as the Health Department is waiting on a response to their recent grand funding application through DHS for additional Public Health Vending Machines. The Health Department still continues to work on solutions with Joe in Maintenance to move the Public Health Vending Machine in the courthouse to an area that t he public could have 24 -hour access to. Ness shared ideas of using funding to purchase a meeting space for support groups and peer recovery programs to use as meeting spaces are becoming more difficult for these groups to attain. Chairman Zenner suggested the Taylor County Community Center. Ness will look into that as an alternative option. Other ideas to utilize funding would be to provide quarterly Town Hall Meetings for public education and look into recovery housing options. Attorney Graff will look to see if this funding can be used for recovery housing and report back at the next meeting. Set Next Meeting Date and Time: No time and date set at this time. Adjourn: A MOTION WAS MADE BY ATTORNEY GRAFF TO ADJOURN. JUDGE ANN KNOX - BAUER SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED. The meeting was adjourned at 12:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Suzanne Stanfley for Andria Farrand, County Clerk OPIOID SETTLEMENT AD-HOC COMMITTEE Monday, June 10, 2024 County Board Room Members Present: Chuck Zenner, Courtney Graff, Kristi Tlusty, Suzanne Stanfley , Michelle Cahoon, Tracy Hartwig and Judge Ann Knox-Bauer. Members Absent: Jim Metz and Kala Thompson. Other Attendees: Wendy Ness, Melissa Moore, Tyler McBride -Health Department Intern, Saskatoon Damm-Star News and Andria Farrand. Call Meeting to Order: Chuck Zenner called the meeting to order at 12:00 p.m. Approve Agenda: Motion by Tlusty, seconded by Stanfley, to approve the agenda. Motion carried. Approve the minutes of the August 7, 2023, committee meeting: Motion by Stanfley, seconded by Tlusty, to approve the minutes of the August 7, 2023, meeting. Motion carried. Review of financial report: Hartwig stated the checkbook balance is $160,401.57. Update on settlement amounts received: Hartwig confirmed the following amounts have been received: • Allergan: $4,767.44 • CVS: $6,201.92 • Teva: $4,308.60 • Walgreens Parts 1 and 2: $7,220.73 and $4,766.17 • Walmart Part 1: $41,987.66 Graff arrived at 12:12 p.m. Knox -Bauer arrived at 12:14 p.m. Report/Update from programs who have received funds: Stanfley reported that Human Services has spent $300.00 on gas cards to give individuals needing transportation to treatment facilities. They have only distributed a few to date. They are also paying the rent for an individual to stay for 6 months at Eau Claire Sober Living. Ness reported that Treatment Court is paying the fees for an individual to stay at Exodus House, a treatment facility, for 3 months. They have begun using Chess Health, an app -based recovery platform for sobriety. People are using it and benefiting from it. They will also be starting family counseling. Moore reported they are paying for staff time to keep the Public Health vending machines stocked, outreach, participation in community prevention and staff training. She also reported the following have been distributed through the two vending machines from December 2023 - May 2024… - 77 2-dose boxes of nasal Narcan - 54 10-pack boxes of fentanyl test strips - 42 medication disposal bags - 84-gun locks - 201 first aid kits w CPR masks - 66 8-packs of condoms Cahoon reported they are looking into mantherapy.org, an online mental health resource that is focused on rural men. They will be meeting with them on June 12 th and hope to get a quote for the start-up costs. Review of applications for funds ( any outstanding or existing?): None. Ness suggested forming a smaller group to explore other avenues for allocating the settlement funds. Farrand will send out an email. Invitation for applications for funds: None. Review option to join the Kroger Settlement/Class Action: The committee was made aware of another opportunity to participate in a new national opioid settlement with Kroger Co. Motion by Knox -Bauer, seconded by Cahoon, to recommend the County Board opt into the Kroger class action settlement. Motion carried. Distributor Settlement Allocation Notice: The notice was shared with the committee and Taylor County will be receiving $16,322.66. Other items from the committee: None. Set next meeting date: The next meeting will be Monday July 10th at 12:00 P.M. Adjourn: Motion by Tlusty, seconded by Cahoon, to adjourn the meeting at 12:31 p.m. Motion carried. Andria Farrand County Clerk