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<br />July 8, 2025
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<br /> In November of 2023, the City received an additional disbursement of Settlement
<br />Funds in the amount of $27,592.79, which was accepted and appropriated through City
<br />Council ordinance 2023-111 adopted on November 14, 2023.
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<br /> On November 20, 2023, the City received an additional disbursement of
<br />Settlement Funds in the amount of $23,849.79, which was accepted and appropriated
<br />through City Council ordinance 2023-128 adopted on December 12, 2023.
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<br /> On April 22, 2024, the City received additional disbursements of Settlement Funds
<br />in the total amount of $480,713.26 (consisting of individual checks in the amounts of
<br />$45,603.19, $30,261.57, $27,349.03, $28,960.59, $43,875.24, $38,144.92, and
<br />$266,518.72), which were accepted and appropriated through City Council ordinance
<br />2024-49 adopted on May 28, 2024.
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<br /> In August 2024, the City received additional disbursements of Settlement Funds in
<br />the total amount of $194,086.72 (consisting of individual checks in the amounts of
<br />$30,281.47, $29,785.31, 30,411.07, and $103,608.87), which were accepted and
<br />appropriated through City Council ordinance 2024-90 adopted on September 10, 2024.
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<br /> In September 2024, the City received an additional disbursement of Settlement
<br />Funds in the amount of $80,303.78, which was accepted and appropriated through City
<br />Council ordinance 2024-107 adopted on October 8, 2024.
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<br /> In October 2024, the City received an additional disbursement of Settlement Funds
<br />in the amount of $41,739.20, which was accepted and appropriated through City Council
<br />ordinance 2024-116 adopted on November 12, 2024.
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<br /> In April 2025, the City received an additional disbursement of Settlement Funds in
<br />the amount of $28,960.59, which was accepted and appropriated through City Council
<br />ordinance 2025-34 adopted on May 27, 2025.
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<br /> In June 2025, the City received two additional settlement disbursements of
<br />Settlement Funds, each in the amount of $12,366.81, for a total disbursement of
<br />$24,733.62.
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<br /> It is necessary for City Council to accept and appropriate this additional
<br />disbursement.
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<br /> The Settlement MOU requires the City to use the Settlement Funds for “Approved
<br />Abatement Purposes”, which it defines as: “efforts to treat, prevent, or reduce opioid use
<br />disorder or the misuse of opioids or to otherwise abate or remediate the opioid
<br />epidemic…”. Specific examples of Approved Abatement Purposes are described in
<br />Section (C)(4)(a) through (j) of the Settlement MOU.
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<br /> The proposed ordinance appropriates the $24,733.62 allocation of Settlement
<br />Funds to the Department of Behavioral Healthcare Services for use for Approved
<br />Abatement Purposes.
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<br />Financial impact:
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<br /> No local match is required as a condition of the funding.
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<br />Recommended Action:
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<br /> Adoption of the ordinance.
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<br />Next Steps Following Council Action:
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<br /> BHS will expend the Settlement Funds for Approved Abatement Purposes.
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<br />Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Mr. Hugel, to adopt the following
<br />ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote:
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<br />“ORDINANCE ACCEPTING SETTLEMENT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $24,733.62
<br />FROM AN OPIOID SETTLEMENT AND APPROPRIATING SAID AMOUNT IN THE FY
<br />2026 BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE SERVICE FUND FOR USE BY BHS FOR
<br />APPROVED ABATEMENT PURPOSES AS DEFINED BY THE VIRGINIA OPIOID
<br />FUND AND SETTLEMENT ALLOCATION MOU.
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<br />Ayes: Bryant, Dodson, Hugel, Moody, Thomas, Tillage, Glover
<br />Nays: None
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