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Special Meeting — July 11, 2023, 3:00 p.m.
Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners and Behavioral
Health Advisory Committee (BHAC)
Jefferson County Courthouse—Commissioners' Chambers
1820 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend, WA (Hybrid)
CALL TO ORDER: Chair Greg Brotherton, and Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour participated in the
meeting. As Commissioner Eisenhour is the Chair of the Behavioral Health Advisory Committee
(BHAC), and Commissioner Brotherton wished to speak at the BHAC meeting, this Special Meeting
was scheduled. Chair Brotherton called the Commissioners' meeting to order at the appointed time.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: No comments were received.
DISCUSSION AND NEXT STEPS re: Opioid Funds Settlement: The Commissioners and BHAC
members present discussed the following:
• Overview/Reminder what can the Opioid Settlement Funds be spent on?
• Will the County or the Salish BH-ASO administer these funds?
• What is the schedule for the distribution of funds to our County?
• How much funding will be coming to our County?
• How and when the funding will be disbursed locally?
• What's the Board's process for allocating the funding and will public be able to provide
input?
Commissioner Brotherton voiced his desire for the first settlement to go to the Behavior Health
Consortium. After discussion, it was agreed that this topic would be discussed again during a Board of
County Commissioners' meeting on August 7, 2023.
NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT: Chair Brotherton adjourned the meeting at 3:49 p.m.
until the next regular meeting or special meeting as properly noticed.
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