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Special Meeting Minutes
September 26, 2022
The Harnett County Board of Commissioners met in a special session on Monday, September 26,
2022 at 10:00 am,in the Training Room 103A of the Harnett County Resource Center and Library,
455 McKinney Parkway, Lillington,North Carolina.
Members present: Lewis W. Weatherspoon, Chairman
Matt B. Nicol, Vice Chairman
Mark B. Johnson, Commissioner
Barbara McKoy, Commissioner
W. Brooks Matthews, Commissioner
Staff present: Brent Trout, County Manager
Coley Price, Assistant County Manager
Dwight Snow, County Attorney
Christopher Appel, Senior Staff Attorney
Jaime Bell-Raig, Deputy Clerk
Speakers present: Josh Stein, Attorney General
Mary Jane Sauls, Harnett County Department of Social Services
Amy Brown, Daymark
Wayne Coats, Harnett County Sheriff
Larry T. Smith, Harnett County Emergency Services
Tim Adamaszek, Harnett County Department of Social Services
Glenn McFadden, Town of Lillington Mayor
Jermaine White, Assistant Superintendent, Student Support Services
Dr. Robert Agnello, Campbell University
Dr. David Tillman, Campbell University
Cory Hess, Harnett Health President
Suzanne Matthews, Lee-Harnett District Attorney
Mark Morris, Director Good Hope Hospital
Paul Polinski, Director of Harnett County Department of Social Services
Chairman Weatherspoon called the meeting to order at 10:00 am.
Commissioner McKoy led the Pledge of Allegiance and provided the invocation.
Chairman Weatherspoon made opening remarks and introduced Attorney General, Josh Stein.
Attorney General Stein spoke to what his office has been doing to combat the opioid crisis in
North Carolina and its assistance in the Opioid Settlement Funding for the multiple counties
across North Carolina.
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Coley Price and Chris Appel spoke on the County's focus on a strategic plan for these settlement
funds.
The entities represented at the Special Meeting lead into a round table discussion of the opioid
crisis, the strategies the represented entities have in place, and the needs of each represented
entity.
Chairman Weatherspoon called to adjourn the meeting at 11:16 am. A motion to adjourn was
entered by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner McKoy. The motion carried
with a unanimous vote. The meeting was adjourned.
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