TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Kelly Strickland, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Albert A. Baker, Acting Economic and Community Development Director
Kimberly Leonard, CLGBO, CLGFO, CPA, MPA, Budget and Evaluation Director
DATE: June 23, 2025
RE:
Title
Adoption of Special Revenue Fund Project Ordinance 2026-5 and the Associated Resolution to Appropriate and Direct the Expenditure of $104,000 of Opioid Settlement Funds
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
GOAL I: The City of Fayetteville will be a safe and secure community.
1.3: To ensure a low incidence of property and violent crime
GOAL IV: The City of Fayetteville will be a highly desirable place to live, work and recreate.
4.5: To ensure a place for people to live in great neighborhoods
4.6: To reduce poverty and homelessness.
Executive Summary:
The City Council is asked to direct $104,000 in opioid settlement funds via a resolution and appropriate with a Special Revenue Ordinance (SRO 2026-5) for the continuation of the Fayetteville Police Department Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Program. The North Carolina Department of Justice requires the resolution as a participant in the National Opioid Settlement. The City of Fayetteville is projected to receive approximately $3,740,222 from litigation, and these funds must be expended in accordance with a specific strategy. On August 28, 2023, the Council adopted the Criminal Justice Diversion Program through the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition (NCHRC).
Background:
North Carolina is part of a historic opioid settlement that is estimated to be over $50 billion that brings relief to communities impacted by opioids. These funds must be used to either support treatment, recovery, harm reduction or other life-saving programs and services. A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the State and local governments directs how opioid settlement funds are ...
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