Tuesday, September 9, 2025–6:47 p.m.
-David Crowder, WRGA News-
The Floyd County Commission has approved a request from the finance department to participate in a national settlement with eight opioid manufacturers.
The request was part of the commission’s consent agenda Tuesday night.
In July, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced that the State of Georgia is positioned to receive up to $20,031,864 from several recently proposed national settlements with the eight drug makers accused of contributing to the opioid crisis.
The funds will be used for addiction treatment, prevention, and recovery services.
Georgia is one of several states to join the settlements, which total approximately $710 million nationwide.
The drug makers agreed to proceed with a sign-on period for local governments as well.
The eight drug makers, along with the total payments made to the national settlements, are as follows:
- Mylan (now part of Viatris): $284,447,916 paid over nine years
- Hikma: $95,818,293 paid over one to four years
- Amneal: $71,751,010 paid over 10 years
- Apotex: $63,682,369 paid in a single year
- Indivior: $38,022,450 paid over four years
- Sun: $30,992,087 paid over one to four years
- Alvogen: $18,680,162 paid in a single year
- Zydus: $14,859,220 paid in a single year
Also Tuesday, commissioners approved a request from the airport to approve federal and state tentative allocation of funds for several projects.
“One is the rehabilitation of Runway 1/19, which is our North-South runway,” said Floyd County Manager Jamie McCord. The total project cost is $4.2 million with federal funding of $3.7 million and local funding of $105,582. That is tentatively scheduled to be done this fall. Project two is the rehab of Taxiway B, totaling $4,003,158 with both federal and state funding of $3.8 million and $100,000, respectively, and the county’s portion of $100,000. The tentative let date for that contract is April of 2026.”
There is also a construction removal project on Runway 7/25 with a total cost of $408,140, with the state funding at $306,105 and local funding at $102.035. That project is tentatively set for March of 2026.
McCord added that there could still be some changes with the Taxiway B project after it is bid.
Also Tuesday, a rezoning request for property on Burlington Road was placed on first reading.
The applicant is seeking a change from Suburban Residential to Light Industrial for the former Church Chairs building for use as a warehouse to store home goods that would be sold on Amazon.
Second reading and a vote is slated for the county commission’s next meeting.
