August 13, 2021 at 4:40 p.m.
FR will join opioid settlement
Village would likely see about $1,500 from the total $21 billion agreement
FR will join opioid settlement
FORT RECOVERY — The village will accept whatever money may come its way from a settlement stemming from the opioid epidemic.
Fort Recovery Village Council in a brief special meeting Thursday approved an ordinance authorizing the village solicitor to accept the terms of a proposed settlement with drug distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson.
The proposed settlement was reached July 21, with AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson agreeing to pay a combined $21 billion to communities across the country over a span of 18 years. It calls for McKesson to pay $7.9 billion and Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen to each pay $6.4 billion. (Opioid maker Johnson & Johnson is also involved in the settlement.)
Of that total, the State of Ohio expects to receive nearly $805 million. Under the OneOhio agreement — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Attorney General Dave Yost launched the plan in 2020 as a mechanism to distribute opioid litigation settlement funds to local governments — 15% of that total would go to the state, 30% to its “subdivisions” and 55% to the OneOhio Foundation (to be utilized for the benefit of the “subdivisions”).
The money will be distributed to cities, counties and villages based on their level of participation in the lawsuit. Though numbers have not been finalized, village administrator Randy Diller said the village is only expected to receive about $1,500.
Most of the money will be earmarked for expenditures related to combatting the opioid epidemic such as intervention, treatment, education and recover services. Diller said any money Fort Recovery receives could be used for training or drug abuse prevention programs through the village’s police department.
Communities needed to confirm that they would join the settlement no later than Friday. Council members Cliff Wendel, Lucas Knapke, Greg Schmitz, Scott Pearson and Al Post, absent Erik Fiely, voted in favor of joining the settlement.
The village council voted to take part in the lawsuit in July 2020.
Fort Recovery Village Council in a brief special meeting Thursday approved an ordinance authorizing the village solicitor to accept the terms of a proposed settlement with drug distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson.
The proposed settlement was reached July 21, with AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson agreeing to pay a combined $21 billion to communities across the country over a span of 18 years. It calls for McKesson to pay $7.9 billion and Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen to each pay $6.4 billion. (Opioid maker Johnson & Johnson is also involved in the settlement.)
Of that total, the State of Ohio expects to receive nearly $805 million. Under the OneOhio agreement — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Attorney General Dave Yost launched the plan in 2020 as a mechanism to distribute opioid litigation settlement funds to local governments — 15% of that total would go to the state, 30% to its “subdivisions” and 55% to the OneOhio Foundation (to be utilized for the benefit of the “subdivisions”).
The money will be distributed to cities, counties and villages based on their level of participation in the lawsuit. Though numbers have not been finalized, village administrator Randy Diller said the village is only expected to receive about $1,500.
Most of the money will be earmarked for expenditures related to combatting the opioid epidemic such as intervention, treatment, education and recover services. Diller said any money Fort Recovery receives could be used for training or drug abuse prevention programs through the village’s police department.
Communities needed to confirm that they would join the settlement no later than Friday. Council members Cliff Wendel, Lucas Knapke, Greg Schmitz, Scott Pearson and Al Post, absent Erik Fiely, voted in favor of joining the settlement.
The village council voted to take part in the lawsuit in July 2020.
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