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Auburn council seeks framework for allocating opioid settlement funds; staff recommends evidence-based rubric
Summary
City staff outlined Auburn's opioid settlement receipts and recommended council adopt evaluation criteria tied to state/national requirements; council asked for rules favoring evidence-based, multi-year awards and suggested routing applications through the budget cycle.
Mr. Holmes briefed the council on Auburn27s opioid settlement funds history and asked for direction on an allocation process. He said Auburn began collecting data in 2018 in connection with pharmaceutical litigation and receives two streams: funds the city receives directly and funds distributed through the state MOU. He reported the city now has a meaningful balance (presentations characterized the available starting allocation as…
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