Placement: Consent Agenda
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Approve Interlocal Agreement Governing Use of St. Lucie County Regional Opioid Settlement Funds
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Submitted By: John A. Bolduc, Chief of Police
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of safe, clean, and beautiful.
Executive Summary (General Business): A crisis arose nationwide because of the manufacture, distribution, and over-prescribing of opioids and caused overdoses and addictions throughout the nation. The St. Lucie County Opioid Task Force was created in response to the increase in opioid-related drug misuse and deaths within the geographic boundaries of St. Lucie County.
Presentation Information: Staff will be available to respond if required.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve the Interlocal Agreement governing the use of St. Lucie County Regional opioid settlement funds.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve the Interlocal Agreement.
2. Move that the Council provide staff direction.
Background: As a result of the national opioid crisis, many governmental entities throughout the country filed lawsuits against opioid manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to hold them accountable for the damage caused by their misfeasance, nonfeasance, and malfeasance, as well as to recover monetary damages for past harm and financial compensation for ongoing and future abatement efforts. The lawsuits filed by the St. Lucie County, the City of Port St. Lucie, and the City of Fort Pierce and the County were consolidated with other lawsuits filed by state, tribal and local governmental entities into what is known as the National Prescription Opiate Litigation in the United States District Court of the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, case number 1:17-MD-2804.
The Attorney General has proposed entering into agreements with local governments within the State of Florida to receive Settlement funds. Local control over...
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