Beaver County to consider 48 resolutions including municipal waste contracts and opioid settlement
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Summary
The county solicitor told commissioners the county will wait on court outcomes affecting some state‑level races before mailing ballots and previewed 48 resolutions on tomorrow’s agenda, including municipal waste disposal contracts, recreation grants totaling about $123,000 and an opioid settlement whose local share is not yet known.
The Solicitor told Beaver County commissioners on March 25 that pending court challenges in neighboring Washington County could affect some state senate races tied to precincts in Beaver County, and that the county will wait for those cases to be resolved before completing mail‑in ballot mailings.
"He's waiting to see how those play out in court," the Solicitor said, adding that "at that point, he will just start pushing out the mail in ballots." He said the county is about six weeks from the election and hopes to begin mailing ballots in April depending on how the litigation proceeds.
The Solicitor also previewed 48 resolutions scheduled for the board’s agenda the next day. He identified several highlights that the board is expected to consider: municipal waste disposal contracts covering agenda items 15 through 26; recreation and tourism grants tied to America 250 celebrations totaling about $123,000; leases for properties used for the county’s summer Boom event; a pool liner replacement for Economy Park to ready the pool for 2026; and an opioid settlement with multiple pharmacies and wholesalers where the county’s ultimate recovery will depend on which defendants participate.
On the planned opioid settlement, the Solicitor said several wholesale and retail pharmacy defendants are part of the agreement but cautioned, "We won't know what we get until we figure out who's gonna participate in it." He did not provide a dollar figure for Beaver County’s expected share.
Other items the Solicitor mentioned included a requested sewer easement for Hopewell Township to permit work on a sewer line that runs onto the Magistrate Building, and a filming agreement for a recent courthouse shoot. He also said the board would address an executive‑session matter regarding litigation and gave no additional public details.
County staff and commissioners did not vote on these items at the work session; the Solicitor described them as items planned for the following day’s formal meeting.
