{"id":25247,"date":"2025-09-22T16:45:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T20:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=25247"},"modified":"2025-09-22T17:04:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T21:04:19","slug":"opioid-litigation-settlement-and-budget-and-equity-reserve-policy-lcc-2025-09-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2025\/09\/opioid-litigation-settlement-and-budget-and-equity-reserve-policy-lcc-2025-09-22.html","title":{"rendered":"Packet: Opioid Litigation Settlement and Budget and Equity Reserve Policy @ LCC 2025-09-22"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update 2025-09-22<\/strong>:\r\nVideos: Opioid Litigation Settlement and Budget and Equity Reserve Policy @ LCC Work 2025-09-22<\/a>.\r\n

\r\nThis is the lightest agenda in a while for the Lowndes County Commission.\r\n

\r\nThere are long documents attached,\r\nbut there are only two agenda business items:\r\nfor another opioid lititgation settlement,\r\nand for an update to the county’s\r\nBudget and Equity Reserve Policy.\r\nThat Policy has a whole new section on Revenues and Expenditures\/Expenses.\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"[Opioid<\/a>\r\n
Opioid Litigation Settlement, Budget and Equity Reserve Policy, Lowndes County Commission, Board Packet 2025-09-22<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nHere is the\r\nagenda<\/a>.\r\n

\r\nThe board packet, received in response to a LAKE open records request,\r\nis\r\n\r\non the LAKE website<\/a>.\r\n

\r\nThere are also images of each page below.\r\n

\r\n

\r\nLOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS\r\n
\r\nPROPOSED AGENDA\r\n
\r\nWORK SESSION, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2025, 8:30 a.m.\r\n
\r\nREGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2025, 5:30 p.m.\r\n
\r\n327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

    \r\n
  1. \r\nCall to Order<\/a>\r\n
  2. \r\nInvocation<\/a>\r\n
  3. \r\nPledge of Allegiance to the Flag<\/a>\r\n
  4. \r\nMinutes for Approval<\/a>\r\n
      \r\n
    1. \r\nWork Session – September 8, 2025 & Regular Session – September 9, 2025<\/a>\r\n
      \r\n<\/ol>\r\n
    2. \r\nFor Consideration<\/a>\r\n
        \r\n
      1. \r\nOpioid \u200bLitigation – Secondary Manufacturers<\/a>\r\n
        \r\n

        \r\nDocuments:<\/strong>Opioid Litigation.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

      2. \r\nUpdate of Budget and Equity Reserve Policy<\/a>\r\n
        \r\n

        \r\nDocuments:<\/strong>Update of Budget and Equity Reserve Policy.pdf<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

      3. \r\nReports – County Manager<\/a>\r\n
      4. \r\nCitizens Wishing to be Heard-Please State Your Name and Address<\/a>\r\n
        \r\n
      5. \r\nAdjournment<\/a>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

        September-23-2025-Meeting-Packet<\/a><\/H4>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[PROPOSED<\/a>\r\n
        PROPOSED AGENDA<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n-jsq\r\n

        Investigative reporting costs money, for open records requests, copying, web hosting, gasoline, and cameras, and with sufficient funds we can pay students to do further research. You can donate to LAKE today<\/a>!\r\n
        \r\n        \r\nhttp:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        Opioid Litigation – Secondary Manufacturers<\/a><\/H4>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[Special<\/a>\r\n
        Special counsel for Lowndes County, Cale Conley, recommends Lowndes County participate in this settlement to receive funds to abate the opioid crisis.<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[Secondary<\/a>\r\n
        Secondary Manufacturers\u2019 Combined Subdivision Participation and Release Form<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[Pharmaceuticals<\/a>\r\n
        Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. Section VILF.2; Settlement Agreement for Indivior Section VIF.2; Settlement Agreement<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[The<\/a>\r\n
        The Governmental Entity understands and acknowledges that each of the Secondary<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[I<\/a>\r\n
        I have all necessary power and authorization to execute this Combined Participation Form<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[Settlement<\/a>\r\n
        Settlement Document Binding on State of Georgia When Executed by Georgia AG \/ Governor<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[governments<\/a>\r\n
        governments pursuant to Section II of this Memorandum.<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[Memorandum<\/a>\r\n
        Memorandum has a school district which is a Subdivision listed in the<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[Local<\/a>\r\n
        Local Government outside counsel pursuant to Section VI of this<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[Governments<\/a>\r\n
        Governments described in Section II of this Memorandum shall be applied to<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[expenditure<\/a>\r\n
        expenditure is inconsistent with Section III of this Memorandum or violates<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[Section<\/a>\r\n
        Section VII of the 2022 MOU is incorporated by reference as though fully set<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[amendment<\/a>\r\n
        amendment for purposes of this Section VIII.b.<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[Page<\/a>\r\n
        Page 15<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[Exhibit<\/a>\r\n
        Exhibit I: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

        Update of Budget and Equity Reserve Policy<\/a><\/H4>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[to<\/a>\r\n
        to clarify recognition of revenues and expenditures\/expenses in the proper periods.<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[Lowndes<\/a>\r\n
        Lowndes County Board of Commissione Budget and Equity Reserve Policy<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[Revenues<\/a>\r\n
        Revenues and Expenditures\/Expenses<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[On<\/a>\r\n
        On an accrual basis, expenses are recognized at the time they are incurred. The<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[Page<\/a>\r\n
        Page 21<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

        September-8-2025-Work-Session-Minutes<\/a><\/H4>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[Madison<\/a>\r\n
        Madison Highway down to the property. Mr. Dillard stated the building on the property is located in the<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[Page<\/a>\r\n
        Page 2<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[Page<\/a>\r\n
        Page 3<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[Page<\/a>\r\n
        Page 4<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[Page<\/a>\r\n
        Page 5<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[ADJOURNMENT]\"<\/a>\r\n
        ADJOURNMENT<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

        September-9-2025-Regular-Session-Minutes<\/a><\/H4>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[application<\/a>\r\n
        application was submitted in March of 2024 and reviewed by staff. Mr. Dillard stated staff noticed that<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[Page<\/a>\r\n
        Page 2<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[Page<\/a>\r\n
        Page 3<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[(Commercial<\/a>\r\n
        (Commercial Zoning) zoning to R-21 (Residential Zoning). It is supported by the Future Land Use plan<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[overpopulation<\/a>\r\n
        overpopulation of pets in retail sales as well. Commissioner Marshall asked Mrs. Dukes to clarify what<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

        \r\n\r\n\"[ADJOURNMENT]\"<\/a>\r\n
        ADJOURNMENT<\/a>\r\n
        PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

        \r\n-jsq\r\n

        Investigative reporting costs money, for open records requests, copying, web hosting, gasoline, and cameras, and with sufficient funds we can pay students to do further research. You can donate to LAKE today<\/a>!\r\n
        \r\n        \r\nhttp:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Update 2025-09-22: Videos: Opioid Litigation Settlement and Budget and Equity Reserve Policy @ LCC Work 2025-09-22. This is the lightest agenda in a while for the Lowndes County Commission. There are long documents attached, but there are only two agenda business items: for another opioid lititgation settlement, and for an update to the county’s Budget […]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[14,41,20,88,10675],"tags":[13153,13151,8704,8701,8718,8702,8710,12,7,8734,13095,13154,13152,383,6],"class_list":["post-25247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-health-care","category-law","category-lowndes-county-commission","category-taxes","tag-budget-and-equity-reserve-policy","tag-cale-conley","tag-economy","tag-georgia","tag-health-care","tag-lake","tag-law","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-lowndes-county-commission","tag-opioid-litigation","tag-revenues-and-expenditures-expenses","tag-secondary-manufacturers","tag-taxes","tag-valdosta"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p585fK-6zd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25247"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25256,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25247\/revisions\/25256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}