Williams County opts into new opioid settlement after executive-session update

Williams County commissioners voted to opt into a new opioid settlement after an executive-session update from the county prosecutor on July 17, 2025. Prosecutor Catherine Zartman met with the board in executive session under ORC 121.22(g)(3) to provide a pending-litigation update on opioid-related litigation. After returning to open session the board acted on the prosecutor's recommendation and agreed to opt in to the new settlement. The board recorded the action as Resolution 334 and the clerk announced the motion had carried after roll-call votes. Commissioners did not discuss appropriation details at the time of the opt-in action during open session; the meeting packet lists the resolution and notes the executive-session basis under Ohio statute for the closed discussion. The opt-in formalizes the county's participation in the settlement process as recommended by the county prosecutor; the meeting record shows the board took the action after attorney briefing and returned to open session before the roll call vote.