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Fayette County opioid commission to hold special meeting to finalize recommendations after Kroger settlement payment
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Members of a Fayette County commission voted to call a special meeting next month to finalize a single set of recommendations to the mayor on how to spend roughly $7.3 million in opioid litigation funds, including a new Kroger settlement payment of $197,316.03, commissioners said.
Members of the Fayette County Opioid Commission voted to call a special meeting in the coming month to finalize recommendations to the mayor for dispersing opioid litigation funds, commissioners said during a regular meeting.
Connie Neal, who delivered the commission's executive-board report, said the commission recently was awarded $197,316.03 from the Kroger settlement and expects a similar disbursement next year. "To date, Fayette County has received $7,304,541.28 in opioid litigation funds," Neal said during the meeting.
The commission's work groups previously submitted an initial set of recommendations to the mayor, but commission members said the mayor asked for clarifications and conveyed a new understanding: the…
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