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Wood County commissioners approve consent resolutions, opt into new opioid remnant settlement
Summary
At its March 10 meeting, the Wood County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a package of routine resolutions — including authorizations for employee health-plan payments and opting into a new national opioid remnant settlement that county staff said is a one-time payment reviewed by the prosecutor's office.
The Wood County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a slate of routine resolutions at its March 10, 2026 meeting, including deposits to the county employee health care trust and authorization to join a new national opioid remnant settlement.
Commissioner Theodore H. Bowlus moved to approve the attached resolutions and Commissioner Craig LaHote seconded; all three commissioners voted yes. Assistant County Administrator Dan Scherger told the board that Resolution 26-00295 would authorize Wood County to opt into an additional national opioid settlement with a remnant group of defendants. He described the agreement as a one-time payment rather than the multi-year payment schedules used in earlier opioid settlements and said the prosecutor's office had reviewed the settlement.
The approved listing also included authorizations to deposit funds for medical, prescription, vision, dental and life-insurance components of the county employee health benefits plan and a set of personnel actions across county departments. The resolution listing (as distributed at the meeting) included purchasing authorizations for office copiers (Perry ProTech) and a small equipment purchase for courthouse breakroom furnishings.
The board carried a motion to recess and later reconvened for department updates before adjourning. The board voted on the minutes and the resolutions by roll call and adopted them as presented.
What happens next: the resolutions and associated contracts/purchases will be processed by county administration; the opioid settlement opt-in will be executed per the terms reviewed by the prosecutor.
