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Kosciusko County establishes committee to oversee opioid litigation settlement funds
Summary
Commissioners adopted a resolution creating an opioid litigation settlement funds committee comprised of two county council members and one commissioner to develop a grant application process and provide nonbinding award recommendations in compliance with Indiana law.
Kosciusko County commissioners adopted a resolution establishing an Opioid Litigation Settlement Funds Committee to manage settlement dollars received by the county.
Ed, a county legal counsel, read the resolution and summarized key provisions: the committee will be composed of two county council members and one county commissioner; the initial members named in the resolution are Commissioner Sue Ann Mitchell, County Council President Tony Cirillo and County Council Member Dylan Geiger; the county auditor will serve as the committee secretary. The resolution requires the committee to create a grant application process for restricted and unrestricted settlement funds in compliance with Indiana Code 4-6-15-4 and to operate in accordance with Indiana’s Open Door Law (IC 5-14-1.5). The committee will make nonbinding grant recommendations to the board for approval and to the county council for appropriation.
A commissioner moved, seconded and the resolution passed by voice vote. No dissent or roll-call tally appears in the meeting record.
