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public safety salaries in the Sheriffs Department, the SRO division and the Jail, and $2 million for the provision of Broadband in the County. The use of the $8 million for the provision of salaries will allow general fund monies to be used for other projects that are being considered by the Board. CSLRF grant ordinance amendment #3 v 3.pdf Motion: Motion to approve CSLFRF Grant Project Ordinance Amendment #3, a copy of which is attached and included in these minutes. Mover: Cameron Sharpe For: 6 - Arianna Lavallee, Dr. Andre Knecht, Cameron Sharpe, Kirk Smith, Bill Carver, Mark Lovick Absent: 1 - Robert Reives Motion Result: Passed VII. NEW BUSINESS VILA Re-establishment of Project Lazarus Project Lazarus was created in 2012 with grant funds through the Health Department. The group of individuals with the Health Department and the Health Department Education Specialist aimed to combat the opioid epidemic the county had been experiencing. Since Lee County, and all 100 counties and a few large municipalities, have signed into the Memorandum of Agreement for the opioid settlement along with the NC Attorney General's Office specifying the different "categories" that the money from the settlement funds can be spent. The memorandum lists twelve categories of programs and services the money can fund and support. North Carolina will receive settlement funds over an eighteen -year period. Staff believes the first step in determining the most efficient way to spend the funds is to re-establish the members of Project Lazarus. This group of representatives, from various stakeholders in Lee County, will work with the Health Department to assess the current programs and services in Lee County and help to vet new programs and services the settlement money can be spent. This group will serve as an oversight group in making sure the funds qualify under the MOA and will help determine the success of each program and service implemented in Lee County. The MOA requires impact information on all funding spent each fiscal year to include such things as the number of persons served, examples of success stories, etc., and this group can be vital in preparing those reports each year. Staff requested that the Board of Commissioners give the Manager and Health Director discretion to re-establish the Project Lazarus team. Staff will ask for representatives from the following sectors to serve on this team and Health Department staff will work to set up the meetings. The community stakeholders will include: 1. Faith Based Organizations; 2. a member from the City of Sanford's Commission on the Opioid Abuse Epidemic; 3. A member of the Lee County NAACP; 4. a member of Sandhills Center, LME -MCO; 5. a member of VC and Associates; 6. a member of Central Carolina Hospital; 7. a member of the Lee County Sheriff's Office; 8. a member of the Sanford Police Department; 9. a member of Daymark; 10. a member of Lee County Schools; 11. a member of EMS; 12. a member of Lee County Emergency Management; and 12. a Peer Support Specialist. Final Opioid MOA_.pdf Motion: Motion to re-establish Project Lazarus Team. 6