For City Council Meeting [November 15, 2022]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Marcus Fuller, City Manager
FROM: Tanya Williams, Assistant to the City Manager
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Request City Council to: (1) Approve an Agreement for the Local Use of Local Allocation of California Opioid Settlement Funds executed between the County of San Bernardino and the City of Rialto; (2) Authorize the City Attorney to Make Minor Changes to the Agreement Related to the Year 1 Settlement Fund Disbursement to the City of Rialto in the Amount of $40,319.75; (3) Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Documents and Redirect the Year 1 Settlement Fund Disbursement to San Bernardino County.
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BACKGROUND
On November 16, 2021, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors (Board) approved San Bernardino County's participation in a nationwide settlement with opioid distributors McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc., AmerisourceBergen Corporation, and opioid manufacturers Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (all collectively, "Settling Defendants"). On that same date, the Board also authorized the County to enter into a State Subdivision Agreement ("State Allocation Agreement") with the State of California regarding the distribution and use of the funds from the settlements. Under the terms of the two settlements, cities and towns with populations exceeding 10,000 ("Local Subdivision(s)") are permitted to participate in the settlements even if they had not filed a lawsuit against the Settling Defendants.
Under the State Allocation Agreement, a Local Subdivision's (City's) share of the settlement money will be distributed by the settlement administrator to the county where the Local Subdivision is located unless, at least 60 days prior to a payment date, the Local Subdivision notifies the settlement administrator that it would like a direct distribution of its share of the settlement funds. Several Loca...
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