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county, including by holding an annual meeting with all municipalities in the county in order to receive input as to proposed uses of the Opioid Settlement Funds and to encourage collaboration between Local Governments both within and beyond the county. These meetings shall be open to the public. 2. Participating Local Governments within the same County Area have a duty to regularly consult with each other to coordinate spending priorities. 3. Participating Local Governments can form partnerships at the local level whereby Participating Local Governments dedicate a portion of their Opioid Settlement Funds to support city- or community-based work with local stakeholders and partners within the Approved Uses. F. Collaboration. The State and Participating Local Governments must collaborate to promote effective use of Opioid Settlement Funds, including through the sharing of expertise, training, and technical assistance. They will also coordinate with trusted partners, including community stakeholders, to collect and share information about successful regional and other high-impact strategies and opioid treatment programs. V.Reporting and Compliance A. Construction of reporting and compliance provisions. Reporting and compliance requirements will be developed and mutually agreed upon by the Parties, utilizing the recommendations provided by the Advisory Panel to the Attorney General on Distribution and Allocation of Opioid Settlement Funds. B.ReportingWorkgroup. The Parties will work together to establish a Reporting Workgroup that includes representatives of the Attorney General’s Office, state stakeholders, and city and county representatives, who will meet on a regular basis to develop reporting and compliance recommendations. The Reporting Workgroup must produce a set of reporting and compliance measures by June 1, 2022. Such reporting and compliance measures will be effective once approved by representatives of the Attorney General’s Office, the Governor’s Office, the Association of Minnesota Counties, and the League of Minnesota Cities that are on the Workgroup. VI.Backstop Fund A. National Attorney Fee Fund. The National Settlement Agreements provide for the payment of all or a portion of the attorney fees and costs owed by Litigating Local Governments to private attorneys specifically retained to file suit in the opioid litigation (“National Attorney Fee Fund”). The Parties acknowledge that the National Settlement Agreements may provide for a portion of the attorney fees of Litigating Local Governments. B.Backstop Fund and Waiver of Contingency Fee. The Parties agree that the Participating Local Governments will create a supplemental attorney fees fund (the “Backstop Fund”) to be used to compensate private attorneys(“Counsel”)for Local Governments that filed opioid lawsuits on or before December 3, 2021(“Litigating Local Governments”). By 8