Penobscot County will begin live streaming its opioid funds committee meetings as it works to finalize an application to distribute millions of dollars it’s receiving from national litigation over the opioid epidemic.

Members of the public will be able to tune in to the committee’s next meeting at 9 a.m. on Monday on the county’s YouTube channel . The county also added minutes from past meetings to a new page on its website this week.

The change comes after the Bangor Daily News reported that the county was holding meetings without public notice and was not posting meeting minutes or any other reports of the committee’s decision-making, which prompted backlash from some community members.

The committee’s members are tasked with planning how to spend the approximately $4.5 milli

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