Opioid Abatement Funds

At a glance

• What: the City's use of opioid settlement and abatement money: an application to and grant from the Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board Revolving Fund, and the City's pending opioid litigation.
• Where it stands: on 2026-10-27 the consent agenda authorized an application and accepting a grant of $335,000. A staff report on 2026-09-08 said the City requested $125,000 and was offered about $331,000 in a pre-award notice.
• Next: use of the grant funds.

Sources

• 2026-09-08, agenda: https://lawtonok.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=15160,plainText=false)
• 2026-09-08, approved minutes: https://lawtonok.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=15267,plainText=false)
• 2026-09-22, agenda: https://lawtonok.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=15253,plainText=false)
• 2026-10-27, agenda: https://lawtonok.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=15433,plainText=false)

Log

2026-09-08 - City Council

• Grants report (staff): a pre-award notice from the Attorney General's Office on opioid abatement funding; the City had asked for $125,000 and was offered about $331,000.

2026-09-22 - City Council

• Executive session item on the City's participation in the multidistrict opioid litigation (no action recorded on the agenda).

2026-10-27 - City Council

• Consent: a resolution to apply to the Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board Revolving Fund Grant Program and authority to accept a grant of $335,000.