Kewaunee County may become the latest county to join the state’s fight against opioid manufacturers and distributors pending a decision from its county board on Tuesday.
According to the resolution, the county will enter settlement agreements with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, CVS, Walgreens, Wal-Mart, and Allergan Finance. In late 2022, the three pharmacy chains and two manufacturers were added to a second round of settlements following a first round of settlements in 2021 that included three pharmaceutical distributors and one manufacturer. About $17 billion will be distributed to counties and states across the country over the course of approximately 18 years. Seventy percent of the proceeds from the settlement will go to local governments while 30 percent will go to the state. The fiscal impact of joining the settlement is an estimated $330,000 over a nine-to-eighteen-year period. The Door County Board of Supervisors weighed in on a similar resolution at their last meeting on March 28th.
The Kewaunee County Board will also approve the appointments of Brock Agamaite and Nicole Barbiaux to the Land Information Council when they meet on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Kewaunee County Administration Building in Kewaunee.
