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Riverview to use opioid-settlement funds to buy 10 AEDs; council approves related consent items
Summary
The Riverview City Council authorized participation in the national opioid settlement with secondary manufacturers and approved purchase of 10 automated external defibrillators using settlement funds; the consent agenda passed unanimously.
The Riverview City Council authorized the city’s participation in the national opioid settlement with secondary manufacturers and approved the purchase of 10 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for placement around the city at a cost of $19,450, to be paid from opioid-settlement funds.
Representative Linting, who attended the meeting, spoke in support of the AED purchase and said the devices align with the spirit of opioid-settlement funding because overdoses can lead to cardiac arrest. “Chief Owens’ plan aligns directly with, you know, the spirit and purpose of the opioid settlement funding,” she said.
Council approved the consent agenda in a roll-call vote that included the opioid-settlement participation and the AED purchase. The consent agenda also included an acceptation of a K-9 sponsorship donation and a pavement condition assessment contract (PASER) and the purchase of a police vehicle; these consent details were presented together and approved as a block.
Clarifying details recorded in the meeting: the AED purchase amount was stated as $19,450; the PASER pavement evaluation and asset-management plan were estimated at a fee of $8,412; a cooperative bid for a 2024 Chevy Silverado police package was quoted at $46,989 in the consent text. The K-9 sponsorship donation text included figures that were phrased in the meeting as approximately $404,750 per year for four years; the consent agenda language in the transcript was not fully consistent and should be confirmed in council financial records.
Action: Motion to approve the consent agenda was moved by Councilmember O'Neil and supported by Councilmember Pray; the roll-call vote recorded all yes responses. The council’s authorization commits the city to participate in the national opioid settlement process and directs staff to complete the AED procurement using the settlement funds. No further debate was recorded on the consent items.
This action is administrative: it uses settlement-designated funds for public-health equipment rather than creating new ordinances or budget lines visible in the meeting transcript. Staff will implement the purchases and placements described in the consent item.
