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Klamath County commissioners approve vehicle transfer, software license renewal, benefits change and parking-lot contract
Summary
The Klamath County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 23 approved a set of routine administrative and procurement actions, including an interdepartmental vehicle sale, renewal of geographic-information-system software licensing, an employee life-insurance agreement, an amendment to PERS membership for two classes of employees and a construction contract to expand the Community Corrections parking lot.
The Klamath County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 23 approved a set of routine administrative and procurement actions, including an interdepartmental vehicle sale, renewal of geographic-information-system software licensing, an employee life-insurance agreement, an amendment to PERS membership for two classes of employees and a construction contract to expand the Community Corrections parking lot.
The board voted unanimously on each item by voice vote; the chair recorded an affirmative vote on every motion. No members of the public spoke during the meeting’s public-comment period.
The board approved the maintenance department’s purchase of a pickup truck being disposed by the public works department. The vehicle’s sale price was given as the Kelley Blue Book value, $15,456, to be paid from the maintenance vehicle reserve fund. The motion passed on a voice vote; no opposing votes were recorded in the transcript.
The board approved a three-year renewal of the Esri Small Municipal and County Government Enterprise Agreement (SGEA) to continue county licensing for Esri GIS software. The fiscal impact was stated as $180,900 from the technology maintenance budget. The meeting record includes additional line-item figures that were not clear in the audio; those secondary amounts are not specified in the record.
The board approved an agreement with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company that allows Klamath County to offer a whole-life insurance benefit to employees who opt in. The HR director was authorized to sign the agreement and the item was recorded as having no fiscal impact.
The board approved an amendment to the county’s PERS (Public Employees Retirement System) agreement to add two classes of county employees as eligible to participate: parole and probation officers hired on or after Feb. 2, 2021, and deputy district attorneys employed in the Klamath County District Attorney’s Office on or after Jan. 1, 2024. The amendment notes those employees will be considered police officers under ORS 238.005 (2025 edition). The fiscal impact to Klamath County was described as “to be determined.”
The board awarded and signed an agreement with Rocky Mountain Construction to complete the parking-lot expansion at the county’s Community Corrections Department. The board recorded a fiscal impact of $249,995 to be paid from the facilities improvement budget. The motion passed on a voice vote.
Votes at a glance: the board approved the interdepartmental vehicle sale ($15,456), the Esri SGEA renewal (~$180,900), the MassMutual life-insurance agreement (no fiscal impact), the PERS membership amendment (county fiscal impact to be determined), and the Rocky Mountain Construction contract ($249,995). Each item passed by voice vote with the chair voting aye.
The board moved on to commissioner reports and adjourned the meeting.
