Using $140,000 in recurring opioid remediation funds, the Hamilton County mayor’s office is asking the County Commission to create a data analyst position that would support the government’s grant writing efforts.
David Roddy, special adviser for Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp, and Chief of Staff Claire McVay told commissioners during a meeting Wednesday that there is a strong desire across multiple functions of county government to have a more robust approach to acquiring grant funds.
Roddy spent 14 years on the Chattanooga Police Department’s SWAT team and another four years as the department’s chief of police. Every grant he’s ever applied for, Roddy said, has been data-driven.
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