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C ITY OF P LYMOUTH
R ESOLUTION N O. 2023-081
R ESOLUTION A UTHORIZING P LYMOUTH C ITY S TAFF TO E XECUTE ALL N ECESSARY
D OCUMENTS TO E NSURE P LYMOUTH C ITY P ARTICIPATION IN THE M ULTISTATE
S ETTLEMENTS R ELATING TO O PIOID S UPPLY C HAIN P ARTICIPANTS, AND IN THE
M INNESOTA O PIOIDS S TATE-S UBDIVISION M EMORANDUM OF A GREEMENT
WHEREAS, the State of Minnesota and numerous Minnesota cities and counties are engaged in
nationwide civil litigation against opioid supply chain participants related to the opioid crisis; and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Attorney General has signed on to multistate settlement agreements
with several opioid supply chain participants, but those settlement agreements are still subject to sign-
on by local governments and final agreement by the companies and approval by the courts; and
WHEREAS, for the April 2023 agreements there is a deadline of April, 18 2023, for a sufficient
threshold of Minnesota cities and counties to sign on to the above-referenced multistate settlement
agreements, and failure to timely sign on may diminish the amount of funds received by not only that
city or county but by all Minnesota cities and counties from the settlement funds; and
WHEREAS, representatives of Minnesota’s local governments, the Office of the Attorney
General, and the State of Minnesota have reached agreement on the intrastate allocation of these
settlement funds between the State, and the counties and cities, as well as the permissible uses of these
funds, which will be memorialized in the Minnesota Opioids State-Subdivision Memorandum of
Agreement, as amended (the “State-Subdivision Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the State-Subdivision Agreement creates an opportunity for local governments and
the State to work collaboratively on a unified vision to deliver a robust abatement and remediation plan
to address the opioid crisis in Minnesota.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH,
MINNESOTA that the City of Plymouth supports and agrees to the State-Subdivision Agreement; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Plymouth supports and opts in to the April 2023
multistate agreement and all future multistate settlement agreements with opioid supply chain
participants; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Plymouth authorizes city staff to execute all
necessary documents to ensure Plymouth city participation in the multistate settlement agreements,
including Participation Agreement(s) and accompanying Release(s), and the State-Subdivision
Agreement(s), unless and until such authority is revoked.
APPROVED by the City Council on this 14th day of March, 2023.
Resolution 2023-081
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STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) SS.
The undersigned, being the duly qualified and appointed City Clerk of the City of Plymouth, Minnesota,
certifies that I compared the foregoing resolution adopted at a meeting of the Plymouth City Council on
March 14, 2023, with the original thereof on file in my office, and the same is a correct transcription
thereof.
WITNESS my hand officially as such City Clerk and the Corporate seal of the City this ____________day
of ______________,________.
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Jodi M. Gallup, City Clerk