HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Minutes 06.27.2023 CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
Port Angeles, Washington
June 27, 2023
This meeting was conducted as a hybrid meeling.
CALL TO ORDER SPECIAL MEETING
Mayor Dexter called tile special meeting of the Port Angeles City Council to order at 5:00 p.m.
Members Present: Mayor Dexter, Deputy Mayor Meyer (attended virtually), Council Members Carr, Miller, and
Suggs.
Members Absent: Council member McCaughan and Schromen-Wawrin.
StaffPrescnV City Manager West,Assistant City Manager Goings,Assistant City Attorney Cowgill,Clerk Martinez,..
Bailey,Chief Sharp, Chief Smith, Director Healy and Deputy Director Hatton.
WORK SESSION - THE IMPACT OF THE OPIOID CRISIS ON EMERGENCY SERVICES
Police Chief Smith and Fire Chief Sharp shared a presentation titled Resilience in the Face of Despair, The slides
included information on the opioid epidemic's impact on emergency services. The slides identified statistics
overdoses,drug related death and crimes in the County alld included sortie statewide information.
Mayor recessed the meeting for a break at 5!:53 p,m. The meeting reconvened at 5,:58 p,m.
City Council discussion followed. Various members of the community, including City and County staff provided
responses to Council's questions and spoke to various needs,and solutions relative to the epidemic.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Dexter adjourned the meeting at 7:01 p,m.
Kate Dexter, Mayor lKarni Martinez-Bailey,City Clerk
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