Butler County commissioners considered several departmental resolutions and contracts at their Sept. 2 meeting, including a potential allocation from a UnitedHealthcare settlement tied to the national opioid lawsuits, software licensing agreements, refuse contracts and updates to the county Water and Sewer Department developer manual.

Why it matters: The UnitedHealthcare settlement is part of broader opioid litigation and could result in funds to the county; software and refuse contracts affect county operations and costs; changes to the Water and Sewer developer manual alter permitting, policy and fee structures for developers and utility customers.

County staff said the county is eligible to receive a portion of a UnitedHealthcare settlement related to Purdue Pharma and national opioid litigation but that terms and amounts were not known at the meeting. “I do not know what the terms of that settlement could or would be. I do not know how much money you could expect,” a county presenter said, summarizing information received from the county’s opioid legal team.

Commissioners also approved a third renewal option with Rumpke of Ohio Inc. for refuse and recycling services at county facilities in an amount not to exceed $132,291.75, effective Oct. 1, 2025 through Sept. 30, 2026. The Dell Marketing LP amendment to the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement was presented for approval: staff said the agreement will manage more than 2,000 licensed devices and upwards of 35 servers, migrating prior Microsoft licenses into an enterprise agreement at a quoted amount not to exceed $179,481.46 and effective through Aug. 31, 2026.

The Solid Waste District was authorized to contract with Rumpke for the county waste-tire recycling event not to exceed $50,000 for Oct. 25–Dec. 3, 2025. The Water and Sewer Department presented adoption of updates to the Butler County Water and Sewer Department developer manual, effective Oct. 3, 2025; staff said the manual was first adopted in 2005 and had been amended several times, and that the Ohio Valley Developers Council and Home Builders Association of Greater Cincinnati reviewed the proposed changes and “have communicated that they have no disagreement with the amendments as presented.” Water and Sewer also advertised multiple projects for bidding, including water-main replacements and stream rehabilitation.

Other items on the consent agenda included contract awards for children’s residential treatment placements and contract amendments to reflect additional placement services with no change in total contract amounts, as well as training and grant-application items for the sheriff and other offices.

The board approved the department and office-holder resolutions as presented. Commissioners discussed that enterprise licensing supports county operations and that the opioid settlement item required further legal review before any acceptance of funds or formal commitments.

Ending: Staff will proceed to finalize contracts and record the adopted developer manual changes; the potential participation in the UnitedHealthcare opioid settlement requires additional review and legal approval before acceptance of any funds.