SUBJECT:
Title
Request Approval of Interlocal Agreement for Contribution and Expenditure of Individual Opioid Settlement Funds (Budget Impact - Additional Revenue approximately $3,000)
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INITIATOR: DEPARTMENT:
Cheryl Martin, Director Community Services
DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:
The State of Florida filed an action in reference to the National Prescription Opiate Litigation, No. 2804 in which Marion County and the City of Ocala are litigating participants. As a result of this lawsuit, the State of Florida has two separate funds they are paying municipalities from: the city/county fund and the regional fund. Under the Memorandum of Understanding with the State of Florida, in order to be considered a “Qualified County” and be entitled to receive its share of the regional fund, the County adopted an abatement plan and entered into an interlocal agreement with the City of Ocala relating to the expenditure of opioid funds. It is estimated that the regional opioid settlement fund will receive approximately $19,321,468 over the next 18 years.
The County’s five municipalities (Belleview, Dunnellon, McIntosh, Ocala and Reddick) are also entitled to receive a share of the lawsuit settlement through the State’s city/county fund. Because these municipalities are slated to receive minimal awards and lack sufficient resources to administer their allotted settlements, all municipalities except the City of Ocala, have agreed to pool their shares with the regional fund.
The attached Interlocal Agreement establishes an agreement between Marion County and four of the five municipalities to pool their funds with the regional fund.
BUDGET/IMPACT:
Additional Revenue approximately $3,000 annually.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
Motion to Approve the Interlocal Agreement for Contribution and Expenditure of Individual Opioid Settlement Funds.
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