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Navajo County authorizes participation in revised Purdue/Sackler opioid settlement
Summary
The Board authorized county legal counsel to sign a 2025 participation package to join a revised multistate settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family, following earlier attempts that were sent back by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Board approved participation in a revised multistate opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family and authorized county legal counsel to sign the 2025 participation package.
County counsel (Mister Moore) said the Board previously approved a direct settlement in 2021 but that the U.S. Supreme Court later demanded revisions; parties have since negotiated a new structure that would include additional funds from the Sackler family and changes to the bankruptcy reorganization plan. "Basically, what we need today... is for the board to approve the Purdue Direct Settlement for states and local governments as documented in the entity and shareholder direct settlement agreement," Moore said during the public portion of the meeting.
Moore said the revised plan and related participation package were discussed in executive session and recommended the board authorize legal counsel to approve and sign the documents. The motion to approve the participation and related bankruptcy reorganization plan was made, seconded and approved in open session.
The board did not discuss the settlement terms in public at length; Moore said those terms were considered in executive session and therefore not disclosed in open session. The recorded action authorized counsel to execute the county's participation in the revised settlement and the associated legal steps.
