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City approves emergency measures to participate in opioid‑settlement distributions
Summary
Council approved emergency ordinances authorizing the city manager to sign subdivision‑participation forms to secure potential distributions from the Purdue settlement and separate settlements with secondary manufacturers; Attorney Harris said deadlines required immediate action.
Council approved emergency ordinances enabling the city to sign subdivision participation forms to claim potential shares of nationwide opioid‑settlement funds.
Attorney Harris (speaker 17) told council that the city must sign participation agreements by stated deadlines in order to receive allocated settlement funds if the administrator finalizes distributions. She described two related items: one tied to the Purdue Pharma plan and a second covering settlements with secondary manufacturers. Because of differing deadlines (the record cited Sept. 30 and Oct. 8), council suspended rules and passed emergency language to permit timely execution of the participation forms. Council amended the secondary‑manufacturer ordinance language to replace references to Purdue with the correct collective term and to refer to the “subdivisions participation form.”
Council approved suspending rules and the emergency clauses by roll call so staff could sign the forms and, if allocations are confirmed, secure any available funds for the city. Attorney Harris and staff cautioned that the city’s eventual share will depend on administrator determinations and state participation routes.
