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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-011 Regional Opioids Settlement Funds ILA with County RESOLUTION NO. 2022-011 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH BROWARD COUNTY AND OTHER BROWARD MUNICIPALITIES GOVERNING THE USE OF BROWARD COUNTY REGIONAL OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT; PROVIDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the City of Parkland (the "City") has suffered harm from the opioid epidemic; and WHEREAS,the City Commission recognizes that the entire State of Florida has suffered harm as a result of the opioid epidemic; and WHEREAS, the State of Florida has filed an action pending in Pasco County, Florida, and a number of Florida Cities and Counties have also filed an action In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL No. 2804 (N.D. Ohio) (the "Opioid Litigation"); and WHEREAS,the City is not a litigating participant in the Opioid Litigation; and WHEREAS, proposed settlements have been developed to resolve certain claims under the Opioid Litigation; and WHEREAS, the Florida Memorandum of Understanding (the "Florida Plan") sets forth a framework of a unified plan for the proposed allocation and use of opioid settlement proceeds and it is anticipated that formal agreements implementing the Florida Plan will be entered into at a future date; and WHEREAS, the Florida Plan divides the settlement funds into three funds: (i) the City/County Fund; (ii) the Regional Fund; and (iii) the State Fund; and WHEREAS, to receive its share of the Regional Fund, Broward County (the "County") must qualify as a "Qualified County," which requires the County to enter into an agreement with Broward municipalities whose populations, taken together, contain at least 50% of the County's population; and WHEREAS, the City recognizes that enabling the County to receive the County Regional Funds for expenditure is in the best interest of all persons within the geographic boundaries of the County and will ensure that Opioid Litigation settlement funds are available and used to address opioid-related impacts within the County; and 1 WHEREAS, the City Commission deems it to be in the best interests of the City to approve and authorize execution of the Interlocal Agreement with the County and other Broward municipalities Governing Use of Broward County Regional Opioid Settlement Funds, attached as Exhibit"A" (the "ILA"). NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA, THAT: SECTION 1. The foregoing "WHEREAS" clauses are confirmed and ratified as being true and correct and are hereby incorporated herein. SECTION 2. The City Commission hereby approves the ILA, attached as Exhibit "A," with the County and other Broward municipalities. SECTION 3. The Mayor and City Manager are authorized to execute the ILA, attached as Exhibit"A," together with such non-substantial changes as are acceptable to the City Manager and approved as to form and legal sufficiency by the City Attorney. SECTION 4. The appropriate City officials are authorized to do all things necessary to carry out the aims of this Resolution. SECTION 5. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 2nd DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2022. CITY OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA RI HARD W. WALKER MAYOR ATTEST: ALY ON MORALES, MMC of Pa CITY CLERK "1 � Record of the vote Mayor Walker y�) ot SEAL Cit Vice Mayor Cutler LI° Commissioner Brier ye) C ount y Commissioner Isrow lel Commissioner Mayersohn 2