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City of Elk River <br />City Council <br />Resolution 21- 96 <br />A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Elk River approving the <br />Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the State of Minnesota and <br />local governments and authorizing participation in National Opioid <br />Settlements <br />WHEREAS, the State of Minnesota, Minnesota counties and cities, and their people, have <br />been harmed by misconduct committed by certain entities that engage in the.manufacture, <br />marketing, promotion, distribution, or dispensing of opioids; and <br />WHEREAS, the State of Minnesota and numerous Minnesota cities and counties joined <br />with thousands of local governments across the country to file lawsuits against opioid <br />manufacturer and pharmaceutical distribution companies and hold those companies <br />accountable for their misconduct; and <br />WHEREAS, representatives of local Minnesota governments, the League of Minnesota <br />Cities, the Association of Minnesota Counties, the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities, the <br />State of Minnesota, and the Minnesota Attorney General's Office have negotiated and <br />prepared a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to provide for the equitable distribution of <br />proceeds to the State of Minnesota and to individual local governments from recent <br />settlements in the national opioid litigation; and <br />WHEREAS, by signing onto the MOA, the state and local governments maximize <br />Minnesota's share of opioid settlement funds, demonstrate solidarity in response to the <br />opioid epidemic, and ensure needed resources reach the most impacted communities; and <br />WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the State of Minnesota and the residents of the <br />City of Elk River and Sherburne County that the City participate in the national opioid <br />litigation settlements. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Elk <br />River, Minnesota: <br />1. Participation in the opioid litigation settlements promotes the public health, <br />safety, and welfare of the residents of Elk River. <br />2. The City of Elk River supports and opts -in to the national opioid litigation <br />settlements with the Distributors McKesson, Cardinal Health, and <br />Amerisource Bergen, and with the Manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. <br />P 0 2 E R E I a <br />NATUR <br />