LOCK HAVEN — City Council may decide tonight to join a class action lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies that make opioids

At the same meeting, council members will consider the pros and cons of medical marijuana dispensaries in Lock Haven.

By state law “a dispensary may not be located within 1,000 feet of the property line of a public, private or parochial school or a day-care center,” according to information from City Manager Gregory J. Wilson.

The city has many school properties, including Lock Haven University’s, and this state regulation would mean that a dispensary could not open in the city’s commercial district, Wilson said.

City Council does have the ability to recommend to the state Department of Health that this requirement be waived, at least in part, to allow for this new type of economic development, Wilson said. It is up to council whether or not to support this idea, he said.

The class action lawsuit that council will consider is against companies that have produced drugs like OxyContin and other opioids. It is open to local governments with law enforcement agencies that would have been impacted by the opioid crisis, Wilson said. This includes Clinton County, which has a sheriff’s department.

City Council will look at agreements with Rosamilia, Brungard and Rosamilia, a local law firm, as well as with Boni, Zack and Snyder.

Also on council’s agenda are speed limits for the PennDOT streets the city is accepting through the Turnback program. They are portions of Hanna Street, Second Avenue, Third Avenue, Maple, Bennage, and Woods Avenue. All of these roadways currently have speed limits of 35 miles per hour, Wilson said, and council will consider lowering that to 25 mph. Council may choose to change the speed limit on all of these roads, on just some of them, or on none of them, he said.

Council meets at 7 p.m. on the first floor of City Hall.