Freestone County commissioners received a hopeful update on progress of the high-speed rail line the county has been fighting for several years. That happened during their Dec. 4 meeting, when the court also heard about another opioid settlement, about a fire truck swap and made other decisions concerning the county’s finances and well-being.
At one point, the court retired into executive session to discuss a contract being negotiated pursuant to settlement offers from Kroger and other companies regarding opioids.
When the court returned to open session, the court members approved a resolution authorizing approval of the Texas statewide opioid agreements. The county is expected to receive $3,803, bringing to a total of nine settlements to date of $118,537 coming to Freestone County. The court authorized Judge Linda Grant to execute the settlement participation and release forms regarding settlement offers from Kroger in the matter of Texas opioid multi-district litigation for the county in the matter of County of Freestone v. Purdue Pharma, L.P. et al.
