Oldham County votes to join and approve Purdue Pharma bankruptcy settlement

Oldham County officials voted to approve joining the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy settlement during a meeting that followed two closed sessions, officials said.

The motion to join the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy litigation and to approve the settlement was offered from the chairing official and seconded; officials then called for the vote. “I would like to make a recommendation that we, proceed and join the Purdue pharmacy bankruptcy lawsuit. I'll make that motion,” the presiding officer said before the vote. Another speaker summarized the paperwork on the table, saying, “We are approving, the we are voting in favor of approving the bankruptcy settlement, in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy is what the documentation we had was.” The motion passed with voices of assent recorded as “aye.”

The vote followed two closed sessions announced under KRS 61.81: one regarding “deliberations on future acquisition or sale of property by a public agency” and another relating to a pending litigation matter for the public agency. Meeting minutes and the recorded motion show the board returned to open session before making and approving the motion related to the Purdue Pharma matter.

Officials did not state a recorded roll-call tally or list individual commissioners’ votes in the transcript excerpt. The meeting record shows the motion was seconded and the presiding officer declared, “Motion carries.” No public comment on the action was recorded in the excerpt provided.

The county provided no additional details in the transcript excerpt about the terms of the settlement, any monetary amounts, or whether joining the settlement requires further administrative steps. Those details were not specified in the meeting record excerpt provided.