Commissioners approved reallocating $20,373 in opioid settlement funds from the Syringe Project to the Naloxone Project after overdose-reversal medication demand far exceeded projections.
Commissioners reallocated $20,373 in opioid settlement funds from the Syringe Project to the Naloxone Project after overdose-reversal medication demand exceeded projections, with two new dispensing machines arriving for library and another location.
Chief Public Defender Don Valentine reported 24 attorneys handling case loads requiring more positions and stated the defunded Family Drug Treatment Court delays family reunification, prompting Manager Hager to calculate reopening costs.
Commissioners advanced an 18.2-mile greenway trail converting an inactive Norfolk Southern railroad corridor from Durham to Roxboro, funded by a $500,000 state parks grant and $223,000 county acquisition cost.