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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Patrick J. Collins, Assistant Corporation Counsel
DATE: February 27, 2025
SUBJECT:
A Resolution approving the execution of an agreement with the Kane County Health Department for a Opioid Overdose Reversal Agent Vending Machine at the Aurora Transit Center (ATC).
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this item is to seek approval for the installation of a machine that will dispense free Opioid Overdose Reversal Agent at the ATC.
BACKGROUND:
The Kane County Health Department is a registered Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program that is committed to reducing opioid overdose deaths in Kane County. Naloxone vending machines will allow broader access to opioid reversal nasal spray at no cost to the end user.
DISCUSSION:
As a result of the opioid epidemic, the Illinois Department of Public Health has issued the “Illinois Naloxone Standing Order” pursuant to the Substance Use Disorder Act (20 ILCS 301/5-23) and Executive Order 17-05. The Naloxone Standing Order authorizes Naloxone Entities to obtain and/or distribute Naloxone, and other harm reduction supplies to those who may assist an individual suffering opioid-related overdose. Naloxone Entities may include pharmacies, pharmacists, or Opioid Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Programs.
The Kane County Health Department has established an Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program, which is registered with the Illinois Department of Human Service Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery’s Drug Overdose Prevention Program. As a part of the Kane County Health Department Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program, the Parties desire to work collaboratively to reduce overdose deaths in Kane County by allowing the Kane County Health Department to provide access to Naloxone in accordance with the Naloxone Standardized Procedure through the provision of a no cost vending machine located inside the City’s facility.
This is a no cost program for the City.
IMPACT STATEMENT:
This is a beneficial program that will assist in providing an Opioid Overdose Reversal Agent in the hopes of preventing overdose deaths.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Staff respectfully requests approval of this Resolution.
cc: Committee of the Whole
CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS
RESOLUTION NO. _________
DATE OF PASSAGE ________________
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A Resolution approving the execution of an agreement with the Kane County Health Department for an Opioid Overdose Reversal Agent Vending Machine at the Aurora Transit Center.
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WHEREAS, the City of Aurora has a population of more than 25,000 persons and is, therefore, a home rule unit under subsection (a) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and
WHEREAS, subject to said Section, a home rule unit may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs for the protection of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, (the Illinois Department of Public Health has issued the “Illinois Opioid Reversal Agent Standing Order” pursuant to the Substance Use Disorder Act (20 ILCS 301/5-23) and Executive Order 17-05; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Opioid Reversal Agent Standing Order authorizes Naloxone Entities to obtain and/or distribute Naloxone, and other harm reduction supplies to those who may assist an individual suffering opioid-related overdose; and
WHEREAS, the Kane County Health Department has established an Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program, which is registered with the Illinois Department of Human Service Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery’s Drug Overdose Prevention Program; and
WHEREAS, as a part of the Kane County Health Department Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program, the Parties desire to work collaboratively to reduce overdose deaths in Kane County by allowing the Kane County Health Department to provide access to Naloxone in accordance with the Illinois Opioid Overdose Reversal Agent Standardized Procedure through the provision of a no cost vending machine located inside the City’s facility, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Aurora, Illinois, as follows: the Mayor is authorized to execute an agreement with Kane County Health Department for a Opioid Overdose Reversal Agent Vending Machine at the Aurora Transit Center.