SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 120688

• Record No: CB 120688
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 120688
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 11/21/2023
• Ordinance No: Ord 126943
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to City finances; creating a fund for depositing settlement proceeds related to opioid manufacturing, distribution, and dispensing; creating a Budget Summary Level; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
• Sponsors: Teresa Mosqueda
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary Att 1 - One Washington Memorandum of Understanding between Washington Municipalities, 2. Summary Att 2 - Executive Order 2023-04 (Opioid Crisis), 3. Signed Ordinance 126943, 4. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/1/2023	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
12/1/2023	1	Mayor	returned
12/1/2023	1	Mayor	Signed
11/29/2023	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
11/21/2023	1	City Council	passed	Pass
11/14/2023	1	Select Budget Committee	pass	Pass
10/24/2023	1	City Council	referred
10/19/2023	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
10/18/2023	1	City Clerk	sent for review
9/26/2023	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to City finances; creating a fund for depositing settlement proceeds related to opioid manufacturing, distribution, and dispensing; creating a Budget Summary Level; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, the people of the state of Washington, city of Seattle, and other communities have been harmed by entities within the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain who manufacture, distribute, and dispense prescription opioids; and
WHEREAS, local and state governments, through their elected representatives and counsel, have engaged in litigation seeking to hold these entities within the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain of prescription opioids accountable for the damage they have caused to the local and state governments; and
WHEREAS, local and state governments and elected officials share a common desire to abate and alleviate the impacts of harms caused by these entities within the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain and strive to ensure that principles of equity and equitable service delivery are factors considered in the allocation and use of Opioid Funds; and
WHEREAS, certain local and state governments engaged in litigation regarding these matters and will receive funds from entities within the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain; and
WHEREAS, on April 17, 2023, Mayor Bruce Harrell issued Executive Order 2023-04, Addressing the Opioid and Synthetic Drug Crisis in Seattle; and
WHEREAS, the proceeds from legal settlements can be used to support many of the actions and strategies outlined in Executive Order 2023-04 and other strategies and actions designed to combat the opioid crisis in Seattle; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council wish to create a Fund as a place to accept, track, and appropriate settlement proceeds; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. A new Opioid Settlement Proceed Fund is created in the City Treasury effec...