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County finance officials warn of rising risk-pool costs; staff highlight training growth and annex mitigation completion
Summary
Cowlitz County finance and risk-management staff reported a likely continued 20–25% increase in risk-pool premiums, outlined departmental budgets and transfers, and highlighted completion of annex mitigation work and rising training completions in NeoGov and risk-pool training modules.
Kathy Funk Baxter, the county finance director, and Shelley Pierce of risk management briefed commissioners on risk-management finances and operational changes, including prospective insurance premium increases and completed mitigation work at the county annex.
Budget and premiums: Funk Baxter said the county budgets goods-and-services for risk management at about $3.3 million for the year and has collected roughly $3.0 million so far, with about $289,000 still to collect. She said services (where the county pays risk-pool premiums) were budgeted at roughly $22.8 million and that a large portion of premiums are paid as lump sums; staff expect January billing could show a 20–25% increase. “When we paid in October of last year, it was like it was a 20% increase…
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