WHEELING — Members of Wheeling City Council are looking to use a portion of its opioid settlement money from the state to help fund a proposal to open more shelter beds in the city.

Legislation is scheduled to be introduced during tonight’s council meeting to authorize an allocation of $75,000 in opioid settlement funds to a joint proposal from The Life Hub and the Salvation Army of Wheeling to open 30 more shelter beds.

“There’s going to be a proposal on the table that we contribute some money to The Life Hub organization for the purposes of reopening the Salvation Army and adding 30 beds to the inventory,” Wheeling Mayor Denny Magruder said Monday. “That’s where it’s at right now, and I’m sure we’ll have a lot more open discussion on that (during the meeting).”

The proposal comes as t

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