The administration told the municipal council that Jersey City would accept funds from national opioid settlements administered by Brown Grier PLC and asked the council to authorize acceptance of the award. The administration said the amount of the current award is $428,000 and that total receipts to date for opioid settlements are about $1,500,000, which the administration said would bring the city’s overall total to about $2,000,000.

The administration presented the acceptance as a routine resolution to receive settlement funds and invited questions; none were raised during caucus. The acceptance was presented as agenda item 10.4 and will be entered on the council agenda for formal action during the public meeting.