TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Jeffrey L. Oris, CEcD, Assistant City Manager
THROUGH: Terrence R. Moore, ICMA-CM
DATE: June 9, 2026
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MOTION TO APPROVE AN EXPENDITURE PLAN FOR OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS FOR 2026-2027
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Recommended Action:
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The City Commission is asked to determine appropriate expenditures to include in the 2026-2027 Opioid Settlement Funds expenditure plan to be submitted to the State of Florida.
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Background:
The City of Delray Beach, in addition to other municipalities and counties located throughout the the State of Florida, experienced the devastating effects of the opioid epidemic which arose as a result of the manufacture, distribution, and over-prescribing of opioid analgesics and resulted in opioid overdoses, addictions, and in many cases, death. In response to this epidemic, and to hold manufacturers and distributors of prescription opioids accountable for their respective contributions to the opioid crisis, legal action was filed by the State of Florida and a number of Florida cities and counties seeking damages from the resulting opioid epidemic. As a result of the Opioid Litigation, several named defendants agreed to payment of proceeds to settle various claims, much of which will be distributed over multiple years as part of a global settlement. The City of Delray Beach has continued to receive distributions from these Opioid Litigation settlements.
In 2025, the City adopted an Expenditure of Opioid Settlement Funds Policy to govern how the City would handle the funds distributed to it. Under this policy, the City has appointed an Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee (OSAC) to make recommendations to the City Commission ads to their Annual Opioid Settlement Fund Expenditure Plan by May of each year so that the City Commission can adopt such a plan in time for a July 1 submittal of the Plan to the State. It should be noted that this plan is designed to document how the City intends to spend the fun...
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