2025-0391
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
ORDINANCE NO. ___________
Title
An ordinance to approve and authorize the execution of a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the St. Charles Public Defenders Office (a/k/a 29TH Judicial District Indigent Defender) for funding from the settlement of the Louisiana State-Local Government Opioid Litigation in the amount of $80,000.00 per year to the St. Charles Parish Public Defenders Office to pay the office to provide services for a Drug Court Attorney/Legal Representative for the Drug Court Program.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 6694 adopted on May 8, 2023, the St. Charles Parish Council approved the Louisiana State-Local Government Opioid Litigation Memorandum of Understanding which set forth a framework of a unified plan for the proposed allocation and use of opioid settlement proceeds; and,
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Louisiana State-Local Government Opioid Litigation Memorandum of Understanding, St. Charles Parish desires to provide funding from the settlement of the Louisiana State-Local Government Opioid Litigation in the amount of $80,000.00 per year to the St. Charles Parish Public Defenders Office to pay the office to provide services for a Drug Court Attorney/Legal Representative for the Drug Court Program.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the St. Charles Public Defenders Office (a/k/a 29TH Judicial District Indigent Defender) for funding from the settlement of the Louisiana State-Local Government Opioid Litigation in the amount of $80,000.00 per year to the St. Charles Parish Public Defenders Office to pay the office to provide services for a Drug Court Attorney/Legal Representative for the Drug Court Program is hereby approved and accepted.
SECTION II. That the Parish President is hereby authorized to execute said Cooperative Endeavor Agreement on behalf of St. Charles Parish, along with any other documents or instruments necessary to carry out the intent of this Ordinance.
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this ______ day of ___________, 2026, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
CHAIRMAN:
SECRETARY:
DLVD/PARISH PRESIDENT:
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