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Commissioners move into executive session and direct clerk and prosecutor to opt into opioid litigation
Summary
Under Ohio Revised Code 121.22(G)(3), the board met in executive session on pending litigation related to the opioid cases and directed staff to begin paperwork to opt into the litigations presented.
Williams County commissioners entered executive session July 15 under Ohio Revised Code 121.22(G)(3) to discuss pending litigation related to opioid cases. The motion to go into executive session named the prosecutor, the administrator and the clerk as invitees.
After returning to open session, the board voted to direct the clerk and county prosecutor to proceed with paperwork to opt the county into the opioid litigations that had been presented during the executive session. A roll-call vote was recorded and the chair announced the motion carried.
Commissioners did not provide further details about the litigation in open session; the board’s action authorized staff to complete the opt‑in paperwork and to take procedural steps necessary to participate in the cases.
