Klamath County commissioners approve budgets, contracts, appointments and grants in routine business
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Summary
At the meeting commissioners approved supplemental budget resolutions, procurement awards, equipment purchases, appointments to boards, several small grant and IGA amendments, the juvenile crime prevention plan and multiple contracts for Klamath Hub work.
Klamath County commissioners voted on a series of routine but consequential items including supplemental budgets, vendor contracts, equipment purchases, appointments to local boards, small grant agreements and contract approvals related to county property projects.
The items approved by the board included supplemental budget resolutions; procurement authorizations for fuel services and equipment; several appointments to special districts and advisory committees; approvals of small grant agreements for domestic well assistance; the local Juvenile Crime Prevention Plan (JCP Plan) for submission to the Oregon Department of Education; small intergovernmental agreement amendments for public health; and three contracts with Sandhill Consulting for abatement/demolition assistance, ongoing project management for the Klamath Hub, and code review/value engineering.
Key approved items (motions carried by voice votes unless otherwise noted):
- Supplemental budgets: The board approved multiple supplemental budget resolutions to reflect new revenues and expenses: a $254,802 revenue increase in the Developmental Disability Services (DDS) budget tied to the sale of property and new-location expenses (data services, furniture, maintenance, utilities); a $160,086 increase in revenue in the General Fund reserve and a $20,000 increase for Public Health tied to opioid settlement funds; a $30,500 increase in Parks & Tourism revenue to cover higher-than-anticipated state patrol fees; and rescission of a previously approved fleet fund resolution with no fiscal impact.
- Procurement and equipment: Commissioners authorized Public Works to accept a bid from Ed Staub and Sons Petroleum for county fuel supply, testing and treatment services (expenditure amount to be determined based on fuel needs). The board also authorized purchase of a 2025 Freightliner M106+ chassis through Premier Truck Group for the Road Department equipment reserve, with an approved expenditure of $114,859.
- Appointments: The board appointed Donna Ness and Timothy Smith to the Bly Vector Control District Board; Robert Lewis to the Rainbow Park Pine Ridge Special Road District Board; and Jeremy Morris to the Spence Mountain Maintenance Advisory Committee. No fiscal impacts were reported for these appointments.
- Grants and program plans: The board approved financial assistance grant agreements for two domestic well grant recipients (Charles Kramer and Michael Dimatius) with a combined fiscal impact of $24,363 from the Commissioners' miscellaneous grant account. The board also approved the Klamath County Juvenile Crime Prevention Plan for the 2025-2027 biennium, which will be submitted to the Oregon Department of Education; funding for the program will be determined by the legislature and the county noted an anticipated $104,266 in the current biennium.
- Public health IGA amendments: Two amendments to the Oregon Health Authority intergovernmental agreement were approved removing small unspent amounts from WIC and overdose prevention subawards (amounts stated in the meeting as $0.40 and $941.80 respectively).
- Sandhill Consulting contracts: The board approved three contracts with Sandhill Consulting for (1) abatement and demolition assistance (time & material, not to exceed $9,500, to be completed by 12/31/2025), (2) ongoing project management for the Klamath Hub (time & material, not to exceed $9,500, to be completed by 12/31/2025), and (3) code review and value engineering for the Klamath Hub (time & material, not to exceed $7,500, to be completed by 12/31/2025). Funding was cited from the COVID-19 pandemic fund (GL 2133503550365000).
Votes on the listed items were recorded as voice votes in the meeting transcript; the chair frequently said "Chair votes aye" after commissioners indicated assent. Where the transcript recorded financial amounts or contract ceilings, those figures are reported here as stated in the meeting record.
Commissioners also recognized a staff success story for an employee in the district attorney's office and received brief reports from department heads as part of regular business.
