SE Colorado Region 19 Opioid Settlement Board
April 8, 2024 via Zoom
Present, County Represented
Blaine Arbuthnot, Terry McMillian, Crowley
Wendy Buxton-Andrade, Prowers
Rick Butler, Baca
Rob Oquist, Otero
Dennis Pearson, Meagan Hillman, Kiowa
John Galusha, Huerfano
Felix Lopez, Las Animas
Eppie Griego, Steve Bryant, Pueblo
Guests
Kristin Carpenter, Colorado Consortium for Drug Abuse Prevention
Mindy Baumgardner, CO AG’s Office
Ginger Whately, Crossroads Turning Points
Ronda Bucholz, Las Animas School District
Christine Charron, Southern Colorado Health Network
Jamey Davidson, Colorado Health Network
Terri Schreiber, The Schreiber Research Group (TSRG)
Rob Miller, Safeside Recovery
Jamie Vilallobos, Colorado Health Network
Brian Richmeier, Remedy Healthcare
Michelle Francis, Catholic Charities SE CO
Theodora Barychewsky, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
Call to Order
Wendy Buxton-Andrade calls the meeting to order at 3:02 p.m.
Approval of Agenda
Rob Oquist and Rick Butler moved and seconded the approval of the Agenda – Agenda approved.
Approval of Minutes
Felix Lopex and Eppie Griego moved and seconded the approval of the minutes – Minutes approved.
Facilitator Update
Rose gave un update on activities. We have received $25,338.40 on 11/30/2023 from Southeast, $137,480.00 on 12/21/2023 from National Trust II Opioid Abatement, $710,323.22 on 2/21/2024 from Distributor Payment, $449,308.65 on 2/21/2024 from Janssen and we also received the year one left over payment from Pueblo at $421,114.27. The distribution settlement payments received so far is $1,322,450.27 and then you can add in the Pueblo Year One forwarded funds. This is NOT all the funds that is allotted to the region, so the RFP cannot be awarded until all funds are received. Mindy Baumgardner from the AG’s office, let the board know that Brown and Greer will go out on 4/15 and Mallinkrodt on 4/23. As always, the dates are subject to change but the anticipated funds should be received before the end of April and invited anyone with questions to please reach out to the Opioid Division at the AG’s office. Rose is working on the Zoom and the records retention policy and will try to have it ready in May or June meeting. The policies will be structured around the MOU language and the language in the MOU states that records will need to be kept for no less than 5 years.
VOTING ITEM: Colorado Health Network budget modification and extension request.
Jamie Villalobos and Jamey Davidson from Colorado Health Network explained that they are requesting a modification on their budget for the Salary line for the months of the extension that was approved.
Blaine Arbuthnot and John Galusha seconded the motion to approve the modification item. Motion Approved.
VOTING ITEM: Health Solutions budget adjustment.
LeAnna Pacheco from Health Solutions presented that they are requesting line item budgets be adjusted from operations expense to vehicle, no extension is needed, just the adjustment of the line items. Per client increase in cost increase of deliverable needs increased for $60,00 for the cost of the van for mobile services. The van was more expensive than they had budget for by $3,165.
John Galusha and Rob Oquest seconded the motion to approve the budget adjustment. Motion Approved.
Other business
Scheduling Grantee presentations will be in June and July to allow for more time for each to present what they have achieved with the funding for year one. It was also discussed to have a press conference in May to roll out the awareness for the website and the business cards and the posters that each county will have. Pueblo has agreed to host the event and Rose will send out a press release and invitations to the press to attend. Dates were discussed and Rose said she would send out Wednesday and Friday dates to see when the majority could attend. The press conference will be a way to make sure that the public is aware of the new cards and website that SECOR has available to the public.
Adjournment
Rob Oquist and Steve Bryant motioned to adjournment – Motion approved
Next Meeting:
Monday, May 13th at 3:00 p.m.