Macedonia council signs on to opioid settlement option, accepts NOPEC grant and approves routine contracts

Macedonia City Council on April 23 adopted Resolution 28-2026 to authorize the mayor to enter into a national opioid litigation settlement involving six named defendants and passed related routine measures including an energy grant and the road-salt contract.

Director Gelotti summarized the opioid-settlement resolution, saying the settlement involves six companies and is similar to previous opioid settlements the city has joined. "This one's a little bit different," Gelotti said, explaining the city would receive a single flat payment if it chooses to participate and that the amount the city receives is determined by a formula tied to participation by other political subdivisions. Gelotti added the total settlement pool is about $90 million but said the city's exact share was not yet known.

Council also adopted Ordinance 29-2026 to accept an annual energized-community grant from the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) in the amount of $29,435. The council noted those dollars will be used for energy-efficiency projects, specifically LED lights at Longwood Park ball fields.

Ordinance 30-2026 authorizing the mayor to participate in the ODOT road-salt contract for 2026 was also adopted; council described that as standard annual procurement to reduce salt costs by aggregating demand.

All three measures carried during the meeting. Council members discussed timelines necessary to join the opioid settlement (staff noted a first-week-of-May deadline to formally opt in and that a special meeting might be needed if council wants to participate), and staff said the settlement uses a formula to compute individual municipal payments.