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To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept funds in the amount of $1,164,547.84 from the National Opioid Settlement Fund, resulting from settlement agreements with Sandoz Group, Kroger, CVS, Allergan, Teva, Walgreens, and Distributor, and to amend Ord. No. 2025-057, adopted May 12, 2025, which adopted the Special Fund Budget for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 and made appropriations thereto, by increasing the revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services’ National Opioid Settlement Special Fund by $1,164,547.84, for the purpose of funding opioid abatement and remediation strategies to combat the opioid crisis.
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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
§ 1. That the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, is hereby authorized to accept funds in the amount of $1,164,547.84 from the National Opioid Settlement Fund, resulting from the settlement agreements with Sandoz Group, Kroger, CVS, Allergan, Teva, Walgreens, and Distributor, for the purpose of funding opioid abatement and remediation strategies to combat the opioid crisis
§ 2. That Article I, Section 2 of Ordinance No. 2025-057 , adopted May 12, 2025, which adopted a Special Fund Budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, and made appropriations thereto, be and is hereby amended by increasing estimated revenues by $1,164,547.84, increasing the amount appropriated for expenditures by $1,164,547.84, and allotting to the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services’ National Opioid Settlement Special Fund the sum of $1,164,547.84, for the purpose of funding opioid abatement and remediation strategies to combat the opioid crisis.
§ 3. This ordinance shall be in force and effect upon adoption.
DATE: April 7, 2026
TO: The Honorable Members of City Council
THROUGH: The Honorable Danny Avula, Mayor
THROUGH: Odie Donald II, Chief Administrative Officer
THROUGH: Letitia Shelton, Director of Finance
THROUGH: Meghan Brown, Director of Budget and Strategic Planning
THROUGH: Amy Popovich, DCAO for Human Services
FROM: Jason Alley, Policy Advisor
RE: To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept funds in the amount of $1,164,547.84 from the National Opioid Settlement Fund, resulting from the settlement agreement with Sandoz Group, Kroger, CVS, Allergan, Teva, Walgreens, and Distributor.
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PURPOSE: To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept funds in the amount of $1,164,547.84 from the National Opioid Settlement Fund, resulting from the settlement agreement with Sandoz Group, Kroger, CVS, Allergan, Teva, Walgreens, and Distributor, to amend Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Special Fund Budget and to appropriate the increase to Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Special Fund Budget by increasing revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services’ National Opioid Settlement Special Fund by $1,164,547.84, for the purpose of funding opioid abatement and remediation strategies to combat the opioid crisis.
BACKGROUND: By Res. No. 2018-R094, adopted Nov. 13, 2018, the City Council established a policy to pursue legal action on behalf of the City against drug manufacturers and distributors of opioids. Subsequent ordinances and resolutions - Ord. No. 2021-234, adopted Sept. 27, 2021, and Res. No. 2021-R078, adopted Dec. 13, 2021 - authorized the City’s agreement with the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority and participation in various settlements. In accordance with these agreements, Virginia’s cities and counties, including the City of Richmond, received their first direct distribution payments from the Distributors settlement during FY2022. The City of Richmond will continue to receive annual payments from the Distributors settlement until the year 2038.
Ordinance No. 2023-293 authorized the City of Richmond to accept $1,259,411.69 of direct settlement funds that had been received at the time and appropriated these funds to a new National Opioid Settlement Special Fund in what is now called the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services. In keeping with the settlement agreements, the City continues to receive wired payments from the settlements that require appropriation to the National Opioid Settlement Special Fund.
This ordinance would appropriate an additional $1,164,547.84 to the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services’ existing National Opioid Settlement Special Fund for the purposes of funding and facilitating opioid abatement and remediation strategies that are approved uses by the National Opioids Settlement. This payment of $1,164,547.84 from Sandoz Group, Kroger, CVS, Allergan, Teva, Walgreens, and Distributor’s settlement will be appropriated to that same special fund.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: Opioid abatement and remediation strategies utilized by the City of Richmond have and continue to be informed by significant stakeholder engagement and developed with direct input and support from external agencies and subject matter experts, including the Richmond Opioid Task Force.
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL: RES. 2022-R013 declaring opioid drug overdose deaths as a public health crisis in the City of Richmond; Richmond Opioid Task Force
FISCAL IMPACT: This award is from the National Opioids Settlement in the total amount of $1,164,547.84. This will increase the Special Fund Budget by $1,164,547.84 There is no city match requirement.
DESIRED EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon adoption
REQUESTED INTRODUCTION DATE: June 8, 2026
CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING DATE: June 22, 2026
REQUESTED AGENDA: Consent agenda
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL COMMITTEE: Education and Human Services
AFFECTED AGENCIES: Budget and Strategic Planning, Finance, Neighborhood and Community Services
RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING ORD. OR RES.: Res. No. 2018-R094; Ord. No. 2021-234; Res. No. 2021-R078; Res. No. 2022-R013; Res. No. 2023-R010; Ord. No. 2023-293; Ord. No. 2024-099; Ord. No. 2025-002; Ord. No. 2025-057
ATTACHMENTS: Exhibit E List of Opioid Remediation Uses, Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority Estimated National Opioid Settlement Fund Tracker
STAFF: Anna Jones, Opioid Response Strategist, 804-987-9160, anna.jones@rva.gov
Jason Alley, Policy Advisor, 804-401-5863, jason.alley@rva.gov