12/14/2021 Resolutions 2021-351RESOLUTION 2021-351
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Island is eligible to participate in two legal settlements
recently entered into by the Nebraska Attorney General against of a manufacturer of prescription
opioid drugs, Johnson & Johnson, and several distributors of prescription: McKesson, Cardinal
Health, and AmerisourceBergen; and
WHEREAS, both settlement agreements involve distributions of money on an annual
basis to both a state fund and allow direct distributions of money on an annual basis to certain
political subdivisions (referred to as "participating subdivisions") and
WHEREAS, the monetary distributions under both settlement agreements are maximized
for both the state's share and each participating subdivision's "direct share" when all
participating subdivisions execute each of the two settlement agreements;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, that the City's Mayor Roger G. Steele should be and
is hereby designated and authorized to execute and complete in the name of and on behalf of the
City of Grand Island any documents, including consents and agreements, as are required for the
City to join as a participating subdivision with respect to the above-mentioned opioid litigation
settlement agreements.
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Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, December 14, 2021.
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Roger Steele, ayor
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
Approved as to Form tt
December 15, 2021 tt City Attorney