ORD Pertaining to Opioid Settlement Proceeds Grant Awards; Waiving Subsection 118.301(A)(3)(iii) (Expenditure of Appropriated Funds), Part 3 (Administration of City Grants), Ch 118 (City Grants), Ord Code, to Allow the Opioid Settlement Proceeds Grant Funds Awarded to University of Florida Foundation, Inc. (“UFF”) to Be Used for Contributions to the UF Board of Trustees (on Behalf of University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville (“UFCOM-J”) & Shands Jax Medical Center, Inc. (“Shands”) to Support UFCOM-J’s & Shands’s Respective Activities in Estab & Operating a Medication-Assisted Treatment Clinic in Jax; Auth the Mayor, or Her Desig, & the Corp Sec to Execute a Grant Agrmt Btwn the City & UFF Subj to Certain Revised Terms (Staffopoulos) (Introduced by CM Salem) 2/24/26 CO Introduced: NCSPHS, R, F 3/2/26 NCSPHS Read 2nd & Rerefer 3/2/26 R Read 2nd & Rerefer 3/3/26 F Read 2nd & Rerefer Public Hearing Pursuant to Ch 166, F.S. & C.R. 3.601 - 3/10/26

This ordinance (2026-142) pertains to the award of Opioid Settlement Proceeds Grant (OSPG) funds. The City Council is being asked to waive a specific provision (Subsection 118.301(a)(3)(iii) of the Ordinance Code) that governs the expenditure of appropriated funds. This waiver is necessary to allow the University of Florida Foundation, Inc. (UFF), which was awarded $499,999.72 in OSPG funds, to transfer these funds to the University of Florida Board of Trustees (on behalf of the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville - UFCOM-J) and Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc. (Shands).

The purpose of this transfer is to support UFCOM-J's and Shands's activities in establishing and operating a Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) clinic in Jacksonville. The waiver is required because UFCOM-J, as a state agency, cannot provide a certificate of good standing needed for direct OSPG fund applications. The ordinance authorizes the Mayor to execute a grant agreement with UFF, subject to revised terms, and requires UFF to provide documentation for contributions to UFCOM-J and Shands for approval by the City's Manager of Opioid Abatement prior to fund disbursement.

This legislation is considered exempt from a Business Impact Estimate as it implements a grant agreement. The MAT clinic directly aligns with the City's core strategy for addressing the opioid crisis through treatment.