PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Commission gave its approval to the West Virginia Attorney General’s settlement in a multi-million-dollar opioid lawsuit.

The commission unanimously approved the $99 million settlement with Johnson and Johnson. Similar actions are being taken by counties across the state that are receiving a portion of the settlement, officials said.

Officials do not know how much Wood County will receive after lawyer fees and other matters are considered that will affect the amount to be disbursed. The county has been involved in legal actions and settlements in other litigations.

“No one has given us any projection of how much we will get,” said Commission President Blair Couch.

Couch said a panel made of county and city officials from the region will discuss uses for the money. Others said there will be requirements for the money to be used for treatment.

County Administrator Marty Seufer said the money is expected after the first of the new year.

Officials said there will be requirements for the use of the money that will have to be considered which could include dealing with drug related expenses, medications, assisted treatments and more to prosecuting drug crimes, jail expenses (which the county covers) and more.

Couch attended his first commission meeting since a recent open-heart surgery.

“I’m happy to be back,” he said. “I feel all right. I’m getting better.”

In other business, the commission approved a governor’s warrant for the extradition of Ruben Romero from Texas.

Prosecutor Pat Lefebure said Romero was being extradited after communicating with an undercover police officer posing as a 14-year-old teenager whom Romero allegedly tried to solicit for sex.

Lefebure said criminal complaints and arrest warrants have been filed. The man apparently has no ties to this area, he Lefebure said

“It was done all through the internet,” the prosecutor said.

Brett Dunlap can be reached at bdunlap@newsandsentinel.com