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Finance committee items: council affirms joining PBM defendants in opioid case, authorizes property acquisitions and several grants and discretionary awards
Summary
Berkeley County Council on Monday affirmed counsel's authority to add pharmaceutical benefits managers as defendants in the county's opioid litigation, authorized certain property acquisitions, and approved grants and fee-discretionary awards including $185,000 for an adaptive playground at Devon Forest Elementary.
Berkeley County Council on Monday approved several finance-committee recommendations: it affirmed county counsel's authority to seek leave to add pharmaceutical benefits managers (PBMs) as defendants in the county's pending opioid litigation; authorized the county supervisor to acquire properties for parks in Council Districts 8 and 4 as discussed in executive session; and approved multiple grants, change orders and fee-discretionary funding requests.
On the opioid litigation matter, Councilwoman Amy Stern moved to confirm that counsel was appropriately authorized to join a motion for leave to add PBM defendants to Berkeley County's case. The motion carried by voice vote. The motion text referenced a February filing but the…
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