{"id":30891,"date":"2025-12-04T12:22:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T17:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/?p=30891"},"modified":"2026-01-09T03:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:49:18","slug":"muncie-mayor-appoints-prosecutor-eric-hoffman-to-opioid-fund-advisory-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/04\/muncie-mayor-appoints-prosecutor-eric-hoffman-to-opioid-fund-advisory-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Muncie Mayor Appoints Prosecutor Eric Hoffman to Opioid Fund Advisory Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"30891\" class=\"elementor elementor-30891\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-690f5d9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"690f5d9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82dae65 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"82dae65\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd00c86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd00c86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><h2 style=\"font-style: normal\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 40px;font-weight: 400\">Muncie Mayor Appoints Prosecutor Eric Hoffman to Opioid Fund Advisory Committee<\/span><\/font><span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-2);font-size: 2.625rem;font-style: inherit\"><\/span><\/h2><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39ae0ac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"39ae0ac\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9adb82f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9adb82f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><u>12.4.2025 \/ News \/ Daisy Dale<\/u><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69c8479 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"69c8479\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b177b0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b177b0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">MUNCIE, Ind. \u2014<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">&nbsp;Muncie Mayor Dan Ridenour has appointed Delaware County Prosecutor Eric Hoffman to the Opioid Fund Advisory Committee established earlier this year on April 7.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">The appointment of Hoffman was made on October 28, along with Linda Daniel, Program Director at IU Health Ball Addiction Treatment and Recover Center, and Dwayne Wiggans, former Winchester Fire Chief.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">The committee was established in April through <a href=\"https:\/\/mcclibraryfunctions.azurewebsites.us\/api\/munidocDownload\/31152\/7e5afa305d767\/pdf\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">a resolution<\/span><\/a> sponsored by City Council-member Sara Gullion. At the same meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/mcclibraryfunctions.azurewebsites.us\/api\/munidocDownload\/31152\/7e5af790f25dd\/pdf\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">an ordinance was passed 5-4<\/span><\/a> to use over $500,000 in Opioid Settlement funds for public safety pay raises instead of addiction services. Gullion, who joined three other members to vote against the ordinance, hoped that establishing the committee would make recommendations for the remaining funds. The three appointments by council were&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Cory Matters, Abby Gluvna, and Neil Kring. Ridenour&#8217;s Communication Director Amber Greene has not confirmed the name of the additional member chosen by the six appointees, and Ridenour himself will serve as a non-voting ex-officio member.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Since March, Ridenour has not made committee appointments public.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;\">Over the summer Ridenour made three appointments to the Muncie Human Rights Commission, Steve Sneed, Michele Owen, and Gretchen Cheesman, without announcements made either through press releases or social media. 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