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Supervisors agree to join latest opioid manufacturer settlement process, place approval on consent agenda
Summary
County attorneys recommended signing a subdivision participation and release form to participate in a statewide opioid settlement round; supervisors signaled support and directed formal approval at next week's meeting.
Ryan (county counsel) briefed the board that a negotiated settlement with secondary opioid manufacturers and related defendants requires a subdivision participation and release form by Oct. 8 to maximize statewide participation and funding distribution. He said the round resembles prior settlements that routed payments through a settlement administrator and that "the more governmental subdivisions that participate, the more overall recovery for all plaintiffs, including Johnson County."
Supervisors indicated support for joining the settlement process and directed staff to place the participation and release form on the formal consent agenda for next Thursday. "Should the supervisors vote to approve the plan that we actually submit by eBallot," the county attorney recommended; supervisors agreed to present the formal authorization at the upcoming meeting.
The executive summary provided to the board estimated the overall settlement pool for this round at about $1 billion nationally, though county counsel said the county's specific allocation would be determined and distributed through the settlement administrator if Johnson County participates. No final dollar distribution to Johnson County was available at the meeting.
