Opioid Settlement

OPIOID SETTLEMENT AD-HOC COMMITTEE Monday, August 7, 2023 County Board Room Members Present: Jim Metz, Chuck Zenner, Courtney Graff, Kristi Tlusty, Suzanne Stanfley Michelle Cahoon, and Larry Brandl. Members present via Zoom: Courtney Graff Members Absent: Judge Ann Knox-Bauer, Julie Clarkson Other Attendees: Andria Farrand. Call Meeting to Order: Jim Metz called the meeting to order at 12:32 p.m. Approve Agenda: Motion by Zenner, seconded by Stanfley, to approve the agenda. Motion carried. Approve the minutes of the July 6, 2023, committee meeting: Motion by Tlusty, seconded by Cahoon, to approve the minutes of the July 6, 2023 meeting. Motion carried. Opioid litigation update-Courtney Graff: Graff provided an update to the committee on the amount we will receive in the next round of the settlement as well as the approved uses for the money. Taylor County will receive $2,994.12 to be deposited in the Opioid Settlement account. Funding request-Taylor County Health Department: Michelle Cahoon presented the funding request for $20,000.00 to help supplement their project to invest in local prevention and harm reduction efforts. By investing in prevention there will be long-term benefits. Motion by Zenner, seconded by Metz, to recommend this go to the next County Board session for consideration. Motin carried. Next meeting date: At the call of the Chair. Adjourn: Motion by Zenner, seconded by Tlusty, to adjourn the meeting at 12:44 p.m. Motion carried. Andria Farrand County Clerk OPIOID SETTLEMENT AD-HOC COMMITTEE Thursday, July 7, 2023 County Board Room Members Present: Jim Metz, Chuck Zenner, Courtney Graff, Judge Ann Knox -Bauer, Michelle Cahoon, Julie Clarkson, and Larry Brandl. Members Absent: Kristi Tlusty, Suzanne Stanfley. Other Attendees: Wendy Ness, Jasmin Skerven and Andria Farrand. Call Meeting to Order: Jim Metz called the meeting to order at 12:07 p.m. Approve Agenda : Motion by Zenner, seconded by Knox-Bauer, to approve the agenda. Motion carried. Approve the min utes of the May 9, 2023, committee meeting: Motion by Graff, seconded by Zenner, to approve the minutes of the May 9, 2023 meeting. Motion carried. Funding request -Taylor County Human Services : Jasmin Skerven, Clinical Services Coordinator from Human Services, was present to answer questions from the committee on her request for $20,500.00. The money was requested for inpatient treatment, detox, sober housing and transportation expenses as needed. Motion by Graff, seconded by Zenner, to recommend this go to the next County Board session for consideration. Funding process: Brandl wanted to discuss the process for distributing the funds once a request is approved, since the money has not all been received. He suggested the money be earmarked for the requests but left in the account until it is needed. This was agreed on by the committee. Other items from the committee: Ness reminded all of the upcoming treatment court dates, July 11 and July 25 at 3:30 p.m. Metz, Zenner and Farrand plan to attend. Ness also presented the survey she developed, regarding recovery support services currently available in Taylor County. The plan is to create the survey on “Survey Monkey”, then post it on several Taylor County Facebook pages as well as the Chamber of Commerce Facebook page. There were a few suggested changes. Motion by Zenner, seconded by Knox-Bauer, to approve posting the survey once the changes are made. Motion carried. There was discussion on feedback received from the Eau Claire County Jail . T hey have a social worker, through grant funding, but the grant application period for this has expired. They haven’t had the Social Worker long enough to have good statistical data, but they do feel it is beneficial and plan to absorb the cost moving forward and keep the social worker on staff. Next meeting date: Will be at the call of the Chair. Adjourn: Motion by Zenner, seconded by Metz, to adjourn the meeting at 12:54 p.m. Motion carried. Andria Farrand County Clerk OPIOID SETTLEMENT AD-HOC COMMITTEE Tuesday, May 9, 2023 County Board Room Members Present: Jim Metz, Chuck Zenner, Courtney Graff, Kristi Tlusty, Suzanne Stanfley , Michelle Cahoon, Julie Clarkson, and Larry Brandl. Members Absent: Judge Ann Knox-Bauer. Other Attendees: Wendy Ness and Jasmin Skerven. Call Meeting to Order: Jim Metz called the meeting to order at 12:00 p.m. Approve Agenda: Motion by Zenner, seconded by Stanfley, to approve the agenda. Motion carried. Approve the minutes of the February 1 , 202 3 and April 4, 2023 , comm ittee meeting s: Motion by Zenner, seconded by Graff, to approve the minutes of the February 1 and April 4, 2023 meetings. Motion carried. Funding request -Taylor County Treatment Court: Wendy Ness, Treatment Court Coordinator, was present to answer ques tions from the committee on her request for $47,000.00. The money was requested for: • $20,000.00: to hold in an account for rent/sober housing, household needs for stability and inpatient treatment as the need arises. • $9,000.00: for Peer Recovery Coach/Su pport through Sober Grid -5 participants per year @ $1,800.00 each. • $18,000.00: Family/Support person counseling session with participant - 12 sessions @ $125.00 per session. Motion by Zenn er, seconded by Stanfley, to recommend this go to the next County B oard session for consideration. Other items from the committee: There was discussion on doing a county needs assessment. Cahoon stated that it was just completed by Aspirus and the Taylor County Health Department, although it is more generalized. Ness and Skerven have created a survey to use as a more specific needs assessment, that will be sent to the committee for approval . Once approved , Ness will have it posted to the county website, as well as several County Facebook pages for a month. Results wi ll be shared with the committee as well as the County Board. It was suggested that the com mittee hear from some past participants of the Treatment Court, to hear firsthand the barriers they faced and where we could focus some resources to improve the proc ess. The committee can also attend open court every other Tuesday as the past participants will be there to answer questions . They could answer t he questions on the survey as a starting point. Ness will send the dates of open court sessions to the committee. Eau Claire County has implemented some programs in their jail to start rehabilitating the inmates. Skerven will reach out to them for more information and report back at the next meeting. Ness is working to set up a Treatment Court Facebook page. Ness and Skerven are working with area businesses to see if there is interest in helping the treatment court participants with employment. Graff to provide an update on the committee to the County Board at the next session. Next meeting date: Thursday June 12, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. Adjourn: Motion by Graff, seconded by Tlusty, to adjourn the me eting at 12:47 p.m. Motion carried. Andria Farrand County Clerk OPIOID SETTLEMENT AD-HOC COMMITTEE Tuesday, April 4, 2023 County Board Room Members Present: Jim Metz, Chuck Zenner, Courtney Graff, Judge Ann Knox-Bauer, Kristi Tlusty, Suzanne Stanfley, Michelle Cahoon, Julie Clarkson and Larry Brandl. Members Absent: none. Other Attendees: Rhianna Schmidt and Wendy Ness. Call Meeting to Order: Jim Metz called the meeting to order at 12:04 p.m. Approve Agenda : Motion by Zenner, seconded by Metz, to approve the agenda. Motion carried. Approve the minutes of the November 16, 2022, committee meeting: Motion by Zenner, seconded by Clarkson, to approve the minute s of the November 16 , 2022 meeting. Motion carried. Review application form: Melissa Moore created the funding request application. The completed application will be submitted to Farrand and she will provide to the committee with the next meeting agenda for review. Once the committee approves the request it will go to the County Board for final approval. Motion by Graff, seconded by Stanfley, to approve the application and process. Motion carried. A resolution authorizing Taylor County to enter into the settlement agreements with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Allergen Finance, LLC, Walgreen Co., Walmart Inc., CVS Health Corporation and CVS Pharmacy, Inc., agree to the terms of the addendum to the MOU allocating settlement proceeds, and authorize entry into the MOU with the Attorney General: Graff stated that there may be additional money for the county if we agree to enter into this settlement. Moti on by Zenner, seconded by Cahoon, to send to the County Board for final approval. Motion carried. Judge Ann Knox-Bauer arrived at 12:15 p.m. Next meeting date: Thursday May 9, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. Adjourn: Motion by Graff, seconded by Judge Knox-Bauer, to adjourn the me eting at 12:25 p.m. Motion carried. Andria Farrand County Clerk OPIOID SETTLEMENT AD-HOC COMMITTEE Wednesday, February 1, 2023 County Board Room Members Present: Jim Metz, Chuck Zenner, Courtney Graff, Judge Ann Knox-Bauer, Kristi Tlusty, Suzanne Stanfley, Michelle Cahoon and Larry Brandl. Members Absent: Julie Clarkson. Other Attendees: Melissa Moore and Wendy Ness. Call Meeting to Order: Jim Metz called the meeting to order at 12:01 p.m. Approve Agenda : Motion by Zenner, seconded by Tlusty, to approve the agenda. Motion carried. Approve the minutes of the November 16 , 202 2, committee meeting: Motion by Graff, seconded by Zenner, to approve the minutes of the November 16 , 2022 meeting. Motion carried. Judge Ann Knox-Bauer arrived at 12:07 p.m. Opioid Summit in Stevens Point: Stanfley and Graff attended the latest summit held in Stevens Point on January 12, 2023. Stanfley stated there will be additional money from another lawsuit with pharmacies and we should receive an additional $100,000.00. There was discussion about the need for after care for clients after their 30 days in treatment. The plan is to have an application process and this committee will review and recommend it to the County Board. Before the next meeting, Moore will develop the form, eligibility and process for the committee to review. Brandl stated we have received $75,000.00 so far and there are no time limits of when it is spent. All bills to be submitted to Brandl for payment. Next meeting date: Thursday March 9, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. Adjourn: Motion by Tlusty, seconded by Graff, to adjourn the meeting at 12:48 p.m. Motion carried. Andria Farrand County Clerk