DEPARTMENT: Public Health
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreements With School Districts And Charter Schools To Expend Opioid Settlement Funds And Amend 2024 Non-Departmental Budget
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, on July 1, 2023, two legislative changes went into effect mandating public and charter schools to have two doses of nasal naloxone available on-site under Minn. Stat. ?121A.224 and ?151.37 Subd. 12; and
WHEREAS, on October 3, 2023, Dakota County held a board workshop to discuss next steps related to the county's opioid response; and
WHEREAS, in that meeting the Public Health Department requested the consideration of a combined total up to $80,000 for schools with buildings in the county to apply for funding to support eligible activities in accordance with the Amended Minnesota Opioids State-Subdivision Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), including, but not limited to, storage for mandated nasal naloxone, training, and support for community education and outreach; and
WHEREAS, funding was offered to all school districts and charter schools with school buildings in Dakota County; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the MOA, the process for drawing from special revenue funds is as follows:
1. Opioid Settlement Funds can be used for a purpose when the Governing Body includes in its budget or passes a separate resolution authorizing the expenditure of a stated amount of Opioid Settlement Funds for that purpose or those purposes during a specified period of time.
2. The budget or resolution must (i) indicate that it is an authorization for expenditures of opioid settlement funds; (ii) state the specific strategy or strategies the county or city intends to fund, using the item letter and/or number in Exhibit A to identify each funded strategy, if applicable; and (iii) state the amount dedicated to each strategy for a stated period of time.
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WHEREAS, staff requests authorization to allocate up to $80,000 of op...
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