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Council votes: primitive roads, Lopez solid-waste rates and opioid settlement authorization
Summary
The council approved a primitive-roads designation resolution and an update to the Lopez Solid Waste District rate sheet for bulbs, and authorized staff to enter the proposed six-defendant opioid-settlement process; vote counts were recorded by voice and indicated unanimous approval for each item.
At its meeting the San Juan County Council approved several items by voice vote.
• Primitive roads resolution: Council approved a resolution designating certain Lopez roads as discretionary-maintenance and directed Public Works to refresh or supplement signs and provide a public-facing web page. The motion was made and seconded; the chair announced the motion carried.
• Lopez Solid Waste District rate update: Rick Carr, district manager, explained the district lost state recycling funding for fluorescent and LED tubes and bulbs; the council approved a modest rate change (example charges discussed: $2 per tube, $1 per bulb) to allow continued collection and eventual aggregation for recycling.
• Opioid settlement authorization: The county manager described a proposed acceptance of a remnant-defendant settlement in the national prescription-opioid litigation. The county does not yet know its share of the total settlement or the timeline for distribution; council authorized staff and the prosecuting attorney’s office to accept and enter the settlement process.
All three motions were seconded and approved by voice vote at the meeting. Where dollar amounts or allocation details were not provided in the staff presentation, the council recorded those items as "not specified" pending future updates.
