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Kittitas County <br />Prosecutor <br /> <br />Agenda Staff Report <br /> <br />AGENDA DATE: <br />9/6/2022 <br /> <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />Execute Allocation Agreement <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br />This document is necessary for the settlement of the opioid litigation against four distributors. The County <br />has already executed the MOU regarding this settlement. Now what is necessary is to also execute the <br />Allocation agreement (chair signature on pg. 9 and filling out and signing Exhibit F). The prosecutor's <br />Office will then send the executed document to the group of litigating municipalities and complete the <br />process. Right now it is estimated that Kittitas County should receive about $737,000 from this settlement <br />with the opioid distributors. There are other aspects of this litigation still moving forward that also will <br />result in money for the County. Additionally, the State of Washington will be making significant portions of <br />the money it receives available to counties in the form of project grants - so there is probably more to come. <br /> <br />INTERACTION: <br />I have been working with the group of municipalities that are all litigating this together. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Authorize Chairperson's signature on the Allocation Agreement (pg. 9) and to fill out and sign Exhibit F. <br /> <br />HANDLING: <br />Return signed original to me for submission to litigation group. <br /> <br />LEAD STAFF: <br />Neil Caulkins <br />