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Fayette County agrees to participate in state Kroger opioid settlement MOU

Fayette County Board of Commissioners · March 1, 2026

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Summary

The Fayette County Board voted 5-0 to participate in the state-level Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the national Kroger opioid settlement; the county attorney said this MOU covers Kroger specifically and that additional settlement funds may still be received via other litigation handled separately.

Fayette County Commissioners voted unanimously Aug. 8 to approve participation in the state-level Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) related to the national Kroger opioid settlement.

County Administrator Steve Rapson presented the item as a proposed MOU between the State of Georgia and Fayette County to participate in the Kroger-related settlement. County Attorney Dennis A. Davenport told the board the MOU before the county specifically involves Kroger and that the state-led agreement establishes how funds linked to that defendant will be funneled to participating political subdivisions.

Davenport added the county has separate litigation being handled by outside counsel (the Blasingame Firm) that involves other defendants; as those multistate proceedings progress, the county may receive additional funds through parallel settlement streams. He said the county therefore has two potential paths to receive opioid-related settlement funds: the state-level MOU (this item) and county-level litigation handled by the county’s counsel.

Vice Chairman Edward Gibbons moved to approve participation in the Kroger MOU; Commissioner Charles W. Oddo seconded. The motion passed 5-0.

The minutes do not specify expected dollar amounts or a schedule for disbursement to Fayette County; they record that funds received via this settlement would be placed into the county’s designated special revenue fund for opioids. The minutes also do not include the text of the anticipated MOU or a projected timeline for payments from the state.

Next steps: The county administrator and county attorney indicated the county would receive funds as the state litigation processes settlements and as parallel county-level litigation continues; the minutes do not record a staff timeline for return to the board with disbursement estimates.