IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County could receive nearly $494,000 over a 13-year period under an opioid litigation participation agreement the county board approved this week.

The payments would come from a settlement with defendants Teva, Allergan, Walmart, CVS and their related companies.

The actual amount received will depend on the level of participation by local governments, amounts distributed out of the National Contingency Fee Fund, administrative expenses associated with the settlements, and other factors, according to materials reviewed Monday by the county board. A resolution authorizing entry into the participation agreement was adopted without discussion.

About 4,000 local governments are involved in the suit. The state of Michigan would receive an amount equal to what the county receives under the adopted resolution. An alternative allocation would provide just 15% to the county, or about $186,000.

The county is also participating in settlement agreements involving opioid manufacturer Janssen Pharmaceuticals, which is the parent company of Johnson & Johnson, and distributors McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health.

Plaintiffs have alleged the manufacturers of prescription opioids misrepresented the risks of long-term use and distributors failed to properly monitor suspicious orders of prescription drugs — all of which contributed to the opioid epidemic.

In other action, the county board:

— Will have a public hearing at 6 p.m. Monday, April 10, on a request from Niagara Development to modify the county’s solid waste management plan. The requested amendment doesn’t alter the amount of materials or change the number of trucks coming into the company’s industrial waste landfill off Kimberly Road in Quinnesec, said Paul Killian of GEI Consultants. Under the change, waste pulp from a Resolute Forest Products mill in Menominee would occasionally be landfilled. Currently, the waste pulp is always mixed with foundry sand and used to fill abandoned lagoons at the site.

— Heard Controller Brian Bousley encourage other governmental units and agencies within the county to inquire about access to eCivis software acquired recently by the county to assist in grant searches.

— Gave permission to Uren-Cooper-Johnson American Legion Post 50 to sell beer, wine and food at a veterans’ appreciation picnic and concert Saturday, July 29, at Lake Antoine Park.