The Board of Island County Commissioners yesterday approved without discussion receipt of an additional $45,400 for Oak Harbor programs to prevent or cut  marijuana use by young people in the 2015-17 period.

Most of that money will be used to pay the salary of a staff member at the Oak Harbor Youth Coalition, explained Lynda Richards, the county’s assistant director of human services.

That group aims to “support and encourage the positive development of Oak Harbor youth,” according to its mission statement.

The $45,400  comes from the 37 percent excise tax imposed on the retail sale of recreational marijuana. The county will have received a total of $188,800 in 2015-17, an amount that includes both state and federal funds.

All that funding goes to the Oak Harbor Youth Coalition, under a state decision on how to target its prevention dollars, Richards said.

“The money simply passes through the county on its way to Oak Harbor,” she said.

Oak Harbor’s is one of 52 such coalitions around the state, she added.