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Opioid fund allocation, distribution, expenditures and dispute resolution as well as other responsibilities laid out in this MOU. See also One Washington MOU. 6. "Opioid Funds" shall mean monetary amounts obtained through a Settlement as defined in the One Washington MOU. B. Opioid Abatement Council a. All Participating Local Governments may have one representative on the OAC subject to the requirements detailed in the One Washington MOU.. b. The OAC shall meet on a quarterly basis or as needed, as determined by the Administering Agency. c. All Participating Local Governments will submit a spending plan to the OAC that complies with the Approved Purposes as outlined in Exhibit A, prior to the Participating Local Governments' expenditure of any Opioid funds. d. Responsibilities of the OAC: i. Overseeing distribution of Opioid Funds from Participating Local Governments to programs and services within the Allocation Region for Approved Purposes. ii. Annual review of expenditure reports from Participating Local Jurisdictions within the Allocation Region for compliance with Approved Purposes and the terms of this MOU and any Settlement. To facilitate this process, each Participating Local Government shall submit monthly expenditure reports for each month that funds were distributed. iii. Reporting and making publicly available all decisions on Opioid Fund allocation applications, distributions and expenditures by the OAC or directly by Participating Local Governments. iv. Developing and maintaining a centralized public dashboard or other repository for the publication of expenditure data from any Participating Local Government that receives Opioid Funds, and for expenditures by the OAC in that Allocation Region, which it shall update at least annually. v. Hearing complaints by Participating Local Governments within the Allocation Region regarding alleged failure to: 1. Use Opioid Funds for Approved Purposes or 2. Comply with reporting requirements. A If necessary, requiring and collecting additional outcome related data from Participating Local Governments to evaluate the use of Opioid Funds, and all Participating Local Governments shall comply with such requirements. e. If the OAC concludes that a Participating Local Government's expenditure of its allocation of Opioid Funds did not comply with the Approved Purposes listed in Exhibit A or the terms of this MOU, or that the Participating Local Government otherwise misused its allocation of Opioid Funds, the OAC may take remedial action against the alleged offending Participating Local Government. Such remedial action is left to the discretion of the OAC and may include withholding future Opioid Funds owed to the offending Participating Local Government or requiring the offending Participating Local Government to reimburse improperly