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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-01-08 01-86 ORDERDate: January 8, 2000 Item/Subject: Order, Accepting the Report of the Special Committee on Opiate Addiction and D inert ng Staff to Take Certain Anions Toward Implementing Those Recommendations Within the Purview of the pay of Bangor Responsible Depar mnamb City CoumJl After five months of Intensive work, the Special Committee on Opiate Addiction, composed of three members of the City Council and three members of the pop of Acedia Hospital, has mw wmplebed its final report. Copies of this report have been made available: to you under separate cover and have also been provided to the State Department of Mental Health and W other interested parties. Given the snipe of the Committee's work, it has advanced a large number of recommendations in such areas as law enforcement, education and prevention, and treatment As Is often the ase, this report, while the end of one process, also a the beginning of significantly more work as our region attempts tip address the full range a issues associated with opiate addition. Given the scope a the report, the atbtlhnd order also directs staff W work towam implementing those reocrinamendattons which fall within the range of responsibility athe City of Bangor. Of pamcular Impptance are those recommendations which cell for establishing an ongoing collaboration between law embnoement and treatment Providers; working toward designing and Implementing a regional education and prevention program; and putting form our best effort to find alternatives to serve Maim's rural areas, such as Washington County, which have large and graving problems. Of vehicular note, the report remmmends that a Community AdAmry Group be established tip work aim Acadia Haspibl m insure continued public involvement in the process of establishing their opioid treatment program, including methadon maintenance, as a mechanism for continuing the work athe Special Committee. I anticipate that a more detailed proposal will come forward in this area from the Special Committee as It completes its term this month. The City should continue W work with Acedia and others to mmimbe the impart of opioid abuse In our region, imtuding any Impacts which might be ass xIsted with a methadone maintenance program. Department He(ad�y(�(� Manager's Comments: ��✓fA City Manager Assodatea luHormation: Omer Hnance Director Legal Approval Ci Soldmr Iuced for assail _ First Reading pages of Referral 01-86 AuignMMCOnncim ParoLam ]anuaay 8, 2881 CITY OF BANGOR (T E.) Order, Accepting the Report of the Special Committee on Opiate Addition and Directing Stalf to Take Certain Actlons Toward Implementing Those Recommendations Whin the Purview of the City of Bangor WHEREAS, in August 2000, Me City Council of the City of Bangor established a Spedal Committee on Opiate Addiction W undertake a comprehensive review of the Issues surrounding opiate addiction in our region, Including establishing a methadone treatment: program;and WHEREAS, this Committee has waked Intensively for five months and developed a series of recommendations on such Issues as education and prevention, law ad«cemen4 and treatment; and WHEREAS, the Committee has now completed Its Final Report and made it available to the City of Bangor, Acadia Hospital, the State Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse, and other Interested parties. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED BY THE CIT/ COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR, THAT The Final Report of the Special Committee on Opiate Addiction is hereby accepted and City Staff Is directed to work toward implementing Mose recommendations which fall within the Whew of the City of Bangor. Spedficelly, staff is directed to work toward establishing an on-going collaboration between law enfomement and opioid treatment providers; assist in the creation of a multi -disciplinary working group to undertake a community assessment of substance abuse bends and develop a community education and preventlon curriculum; continue to monster the progress of new therapies Including but not limited W buprenorphine; assist the State and others in Identifying and obtaining sources of funding to address rural delivery motley and provide on a rcem in Maine% lees urban areas; and work toward establishing the Community A Isory Group recommended by the Special Committee. IP CITY Co09CIL January 8, 2001 Notion for Passage Made and Sera0aed Notion on Conflict for Councilor Crowley Made and Seconded Vote on Conflict for Councilor Crowley: 4 no, 2 yes Councilors voting no: Blanchette, Farnham, Rolman d Vardaais Councilors voting yes: Baladacei A Tremble Nation Failed Passage Paul Shapiro, Poplar Street. expressed dissatisfaction with the summary of this report and the lack of Ooppor[wlty for the public to speak at these committee meetings. Be cautioned against serving forward t0 open a clinic. Cliff boars, Neatest of Opiate Addiction Committee, felt the report and summary vas well dome. Cwncllor Crawley connected a Resolve be prepared requesting additional funding fr® the State for further study Councilor Baldacci requested two Resolves be prepared requesting the State provide funding for Lav Enforcement and to provide support for Adult sed Juveaile Drug Treatment Courts Passed VC cxn CLBRG 1 p 01 86 MTLE,)Sencial Committeefon Opiate Addiction and bDirecting Staff to Take Certain Actions Toward Implementimg 'Those Reca®eanattons M1tNIn the Purview of the City of Bangor