Weld County Regional Opioid Council

The Weld County Regional Opioid Council is tasked with determining how to spend $8.8 million in funds allocated to the county over the next 18 years from the Colorado Attorney General Office's participation in a national opioid settlement that yielded the state $520 million in opioid settlement dollars. Proceeds from the settlements include:

$385 million from Johnson & Johnson and three major drug distributors;
At least $50 million from Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers;
$60 million from Teva/Allergan;
$18 million from Mallinckrodt; and
$10 million from McKinsey & Company.

The Weld County Regional Opioid Council will direct its funding at three key areas: opioid use prevention, treatment, and education.

2026 Request for Proposals

Opioids Substance Use Data Assessment for Weld Regional Opioid Council, Sept. 2023(PDF, 266KB)

Weld County Regional Opioid Council Bylaws, April 2025(PDF, 122KB)

Members

Agency	Member
Board of Weld County Commissioners	Scott James, Commissioner, District 2
City of Greeley	John Gates, Mayor
Town of Windsor	Kim Emil, Assistant Town Attorney, Municipal Prosecutor
Town of Hudson	Candace Nolf, Town Council Member
Town of Eaton	Kevin Sturch, Police Chief
City of Fort Lupton	Zo Stieber-Hubbard, Mayor
Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment	Bob McDonald, Division Director, Council Chair
Weld County Department of Human Services	Julie Witkowski, Division Director, Family Resource
Weld County Sheriff's Office	Matt Elbe, Captain
Greeley Police Department	Michael Zeller, Deputy Chief
Evans Police Department	Rick Brandt, Chief
Ault Police Department (North County)	Thomas Nissen, Chief
Firestone Police Department	David Angelo, Chief
Weld County District Attorney's Office	Michael Pirraglia, District Attorney

Meeting Agendas

2022	2023	2024	2025
July 12(PDF, 210KB)	January 17(PDF, 105KB)	January 30(PDF, 124KB)	January 22(PDF, 106KB)
August 3(PDF, 256KB)	April 18(PDF, 69KB)	April 16(PDF, 107KB)
August 23(PDF, 234KB)	July 18(PDF, 106KB)	July 16(PDF, 106KB)
August 30(PDF, 208KB)	September 12(PDF, 108KB)	October 15(PDF, 107KB)
	October 17(PDF, 108KB)

Meeting Minutes

2022	2023	2024
July 12(PDF, 305KB)	January 17(PDF, 195KB)	January 30(PDF, 282KB)
August 3(PDF, 387KB)	April 18(PDF, 130KB)	April 16(PDF, 128KB)
August 23(PDF, 283KB)	July 18(PDF, 138KB)	July 16(PDF, 150KB)
August 30(PDF, 286KB)	September 12(PDF, 292KB)	October 15(PDF, 116KB)
	October 17(PDF, 279KB)