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Sumner County committee backs participating in Purdue opioid settlement, authorizes legal signoffs
Summary
The Sumner County Opioid Maintenance Committee voted Aug. 6 to recommend the county participate in state-administered shares of the Purdue opioid settlement and authorized the law director to sign urgent legal filings related to the bankruptcy process.
Sumner County’s Opioid Maintenance Committee voted during a special-call meeting Aug. 6 to recommend that the county participate in state-administered allocations from the Purdue opioid settlement and to authorize the county’s law director to execute legal filings needed to meet bankruptcy-related deadlines.
The recommendation, presented by the county grant manager, would send a resolution to the legislative committee and the county budget office and would require the county mayor to sign a memorandum of understanding with the state before funds are released.
Dr. O'Fall, the county grant manager, said the settlement money would arrive in two streams the transcript described as less-restricted funds and state-restricted funds. “This is the money that's coming to us from the National Good Abatement Settlements,” Dr. O'Fall said. He…
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