The Municipal Alliance Committee on Drug Abuse and Alcoholism was established in 1990 for the purposes of coordinating community and governmental agency efforts to reduce alcoholism and drug abuse. The Committee focuses mainly on prevention, education and programming measures.

The Committee consists of nine members appointed by the Mayor for terms of three years.  In addition to the regular members, two alternates shall be appointed.  The members do not have to be residents and represent municipal, school, family, religious, mental health and corporate sectors of the community.  The Alliance meets in the Library at 8:15 a.m. on the second Thursday of the month, except July and August.