TO: Mayor and Commission AGENDA DATE: 7/6/2021
FROM: John A. Peters, III, PE, Acting City Manager AGENDA ITEM: 11 - A
SUBJECT:
Title
Request for approval of Resolution No. 2021-32, Authorizing the City to join as a participant in the MOU and Formal Agreements implementing a Unified Plan regarding the Opioid Litigation - John A. Peters, III, P.E., Acting City Manager, (386) 878-8858.
Strategic Goal: Fiscal
Body
LOCATION:
City Wide.
BACKGROUND:
Background
The City is part of a class action case against various large-scale opioid producers that profited from the Country's opioid crisis. The class is comprised of almost every local government in the Nation. On June 3, 2019 the City Commission was brief in the opioid litigation and recommended for the City of Deltona to be included in the class action.
The Florida Attorney General has now proposed a framework for the comprehensive resolution of the current litigation. The proposed MOU established a method for determining how settlement sums would be paid to each governmental entity, as well as to regional and State funds. All money received must be spent on expanded or new programs to combat the opioid crisis. The amounts to be distributed to each County and Municipality shall be determined by the Negotiation Class Metrics or other metrics agreed upon, in writing, by County and a Municipality.
OPTIONS:
1. Adopt Resolution No. 2021-32
2. Deny Resolution No. 2021-32
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COST:
N/A
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
Settlement Funds
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT:
Acting City Manager's Department
STAFF RECOMMENDATION PRESENTED BY:
Acting City Manager John Peters - staff recommends approval of the MOU by adoption of Resolution 2021-32 which authorizes the Acting City Manager to execute the MOU and any corresponding documents necessary to finalize the settlement and implement the MOU.
POTENTIAL MOTION:
Recommendation
"I hereby move to adopt Resolution No. 2021-32 Authorizing the City to join as a parti...
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