A committee member says the general-fund request for three mental health court positions will not be reopened
Who it touches
- Vigo County Mental Health Treatment Court participants
Tracked in the archive
Vigo County Superior Court Chief Judge Charles Johnson asked the budget committee to reconsider funding three Mental Health Treatment Court case-manager positions from the county general fund, after the committee had turned down the request at a prior meeting (1:04:25,. 1:05:01 — open the recording, cued to 1 hour 5 minutes 1 second
A committee member said the committee would not reopen the general-fund request because other county departments had also been told this budget cycle that new positions would not be funded and it would not be fair to treat one department differently. 1:10:48 — open the recording, cued to 1 hour 10 minutes 48 seconds
The member said the opioid settlement fund would instead go to the county commissioners, who could decide whether to fund the positions that way. 1:11:51 — open the recording, cued to 1 hour 11 minutes 51 seconds
More from the record
- Judge Charles Johnson raises the issue, 1:04:251:04:25 (1 hour 4 minutes 25 seconds)
- Judge explains positions help avoid jail overcrowding, 1:09:111:09:11 (1 hour 9 minutes 11 seconds)
- Judge says he'll follow up with commissioners, 1:15:131:15:13 (1 hour 15 minutes 13 seconds)
Outcome
No general-fund money was approved; Judge Johnson said he would pursue the opioid-fund route through the commissioners.
No general-fund money was approved for the positions; Johnson said he would now work with the county commissioners to try to get them funded through the opioid settlement fund instead (1:15:13).
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