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I` <br /> ORD-202M45 <br /> l <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 4< <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date : December 12 , 2023 ' <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No . 6 - a <br /> SUBJECT : Opioid Advisory Committee Settlement Use Recommendations and Approval of <br /> Budget Amendment #4 - 13 I` <br /> DEPARTMENT : County Commissioners <br /> ATTACHMENT ( S ) : INFORMATION CONTACT . <br /> Reintegration Support Network Proposal Quintana Stewart , Orange County <br /> OC - EMS PORT Proposal Health Director , 919 -245 -2412 <br /> Grow Your World Proposal <br /> Transition Support Network Proposal <br /> Harm Reduction Coordinator Proposal <br /> PowerPoint Presentation <br /> MOA Spending Authorization Resolution <br /> Year to Date Budget Summary <br /> PURPOSE : To : <br /> 1 ) receive an update on the Opioid Advisory Committee and recommendations from the <br /> Committee regarding the use of Opioid Settlement Funds that support Option A of the <br /> Memorandum of Agreement ( MOA) on the Allocation and Use of Opioid Settlement Funds <br /> in North Carolina ; <br /> 2 ) approve the attached resolution regarding the expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds ; <br /> and <br /> 3 ) approve Budget Amendment #4 - 13 . <br /> BACKGROUND : In July 2021 , a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general announced the <br /> National Opioid Settlement — a historic $ 26 billion agreement that will help bring desperately <br /> needed help to communities harmed by the opioid epidemic . The State of North Carolina and all <br /> 100 counties , including Orange County , joined the agreement . Orange County is expected to <br /> receive $ 6 , 799 , 780 over an 18 -year period . <br /> In September 2022 , the BOCC approved the appointment of the Orange County Opioid Advisory <br /> Committee with the following charge : <br /> • Discuss opioid - related health concerns and issues impacting the residents of Orange <br /> County ; <br /> • Advise the Board of Commissioners on options to expend funds to prevent opioid abuse <br /> and remedy opioid impacts ; <br /> • Plan and host an annual meeting open to the public to receive input on proposed uses of <br /> the settlement funds and to encourage collaboration between local governments . <br />