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November 4, 2024 (Work Session) Page <br />A discussion ensued. During discussion, Lauren Linker , Clerk to the Board <br />responded to questions from the Board. <br />3.20 County Manager - Opioid Settlement Strategic Funding Plan Update <br />Aalece Pugh, Assistant County Manager, provided an update on item 3.12 <br />EMS - RACE CARS Grant Funds to move $5,312.30 from grant funds to annual event <br />funding. A budget amendment will be required. <br />Aalece Pugh, Assistant County Manager, then presented updates on the <br />opioid settlement spending authorization previously approved by the BOC to <br />account for changes in salaries/benefits and to include new amounts for specific <br />strategies. Updating the MAT Paramedicine spending authorization (originally <br />approved in January 2024) to account for salary adjustments, overtime, and to <br />add funding for two more fiscal years, per the strategic plan. It was requested <br />to extend the three-year positions to 5-year positions. <br />Dr. Pugh additionally presented a request to update three strategies in <br />the Opioid Strategic Funding Plan: (1) a small increase in the salary range for <br />the Opioid Settlement Funds Project Manager along with extending the position <br />from three years to five years, (2) the need to add a Nurse in the Detention <br />Center for opioid use disorder screening and (3) use of funds for marketing, <br />education, outreach, etc. <br />A brief discussion ensued. During discussion, Ms. Pugh responded to <br />questions from the Board. <br />3.22 BOC - Behavioral Health Discussion <br />Commissioner Wortman presented and read aloud a resolution to name the <br />new behavioral health facility after Chairman Morris. <br />Resolution 2024-41 <br />RESOLUTION TO NAME THE NEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER IN CABARRUS COUNTY FOR <br />STEPHEN M. MORRIS <br />WHEREAS, Stephen M. Morris created the Mental Health Advisory Board in <br />2017 and has served as its chair since that time, which Board brought law <br />enforcement, the schools, EMS, mental health providers, judges, the District <br />Attorney, and other community leaders in that realm together to seek behavioral <br />health solutions and served as a model for the State; <br />WHEREAS, Stephen M. Morris has also served on the Cabarrus Health Alliance <br />Board, which together with CHA's Behavioral Health Department, helps oversee, <br />support, and expand mental health and substance use services in Cabarrus County; <br />WHEREAS, Stephen M. Morris through his work as Chair of the Cabarrus <br />County Board of Commissioners, secured the investment of over $11 million in <br />organizations providing mental health services to Cabarrus residents, including <br />funding a behavioral health holding unit at Atrium Health Cabarrus, jail -based <br />behavioral health clinicians, and hiring the County's first Behavioral Health <br />Director; <br />WHEREAS, the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners received NCPHA <br />Partners in Public Health Award in 2023 for their contributions to public <br />health, including behavioral healthcare; <br />WHEREAS, Stephen M. Morris was instrumental in advocating for the North <br />Carolina General Assembly to allocate over $32 million for a regional behavioral <br />health facility in Cabarrus County for both juvenile and adult patients; <br />WHEREAS, Stephen M. Morris has been a driving force to see that this new <br />facility would become a reality in the location in the County that would make <br />the most sense for it; and <br />WHEREAS, Stephen M. Morris has served twelve years as a member of the <br />BOC, including 10 years as chairman of that Board, during which time Stephen M. <br />Morris recognized the need for community awareness and improvements to the <br />mental health of citizens in Cabarrus County. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Cabarrus County Board of <br />Commissioners resolves to name this new Behavioral Health Center the Stephen M. <br />Morris Behavioral Health Center and to not change the name of such facility for <br />so long as it is in existence. <br />ADOPTED this 4th day of November, 2024. <br />Page 13 <br />