Radford City Council voted to authorize the city manager to execute participation agreements for the city’s participation in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan and in proposed settlements with multiple opioid manufacturers.

Mayor Horton told the council the intent was to adopt resolutions allowing the city manager to sign the agreements. “The gist of it is that, we are adopting resolutions for the city council to authorize the city manager to execute the participation agreements for the city's participation in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan and settlement of claims against the Sackler family,” the mayor said, and also listed participation in proposed settlements with various manufacturers named in the resolution.

The council moved and seconded the motions and approved the Purdue Pharma participation resolution by roll-call; the clerk recorded affirmative responses for all named members. The council separately adopted a resolution authorizing participation in the proposed settlements of opioid-related claims against the listed manufacturers and their related corporate entities and approved that resolution by roll-call as well.

Why it matters: joining national settlement programs can make the city eligible for distributions intended to address opioid harms in communities, including prevention, treatment and recovery services. The council’s action authorizes the administrative step — execution of the participation agreements — but does not itself specify how any future funds will be budgeted or spent.

What the council did: the meeting record shows the council voted in favor of both resolutions and authorized the city manager to sign all documents necessary to participate.

Next steps: execution of the participation agreements by the city manager and subsequent settlement-processing steps; any allocations of funds received would require future council action.