Wichita to Consider Creating Wichita‑Sedgwick County Addiction Intervention Coalition to Allocate Opioid Settlement Funds

City Manager Layton told the Wichita City Council that the May 20 agenda includes a joint resolution and an ordinance to create the Wichita‑Sedgwick County Addiction Intervention Coalition and to allocate opioid settlement funds.

The coalition would be formed through both a resolution and an ordinance, and the council is being asked to appoint 11 members to the body. Layton said the county commission approved the coalition on Wednesday and that the list of appointees is already public, though the names were not included in the agenda packet he was reading from: “I believe the county commission approved it on Wednesday. So I think the names are in the public already,” Layton said.

The item was presented as an action for the council to approve; no formal vote or appointment occurred in this preview discussion. Layton said staff will add the list of names to the final agenda packet and indicated the appointments can be placed under either the council member appointments section or with the action on the resolution.

Why it matters: the item would establish a joint coalition to direct opioid settlement dollars in Wichita and Sedgwick County and includes appointments that set who will manage or advise on disbursement. The council preview did not include the names in the packet and did not take final action during the remarks recorded in the transcript.

Details provided to the council identified the action type (resolution and ordinance) and the number of appointments (11). No budget amounts or allocation formulas were presented in this preview; those details were not specified in the transcript.