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Klamath County commissioners approve personnel budget assumptions, hold unemployment contribution
Summary
The Klamath County Board of Commissioners approved personnel services budget assumptions for 2025 — including new health insurance and PERS rate increases — but voted to delay collecting unemployment contributions for one year. The meeting also recorded approvals of several routine agreements and authorizations.
Klamath County commissioners on Dec. 17 approved personnel services budget assumptions for the 2025 budget year, adopting new health insurance and personnel cost assumptions while excluding an annual unemployment contribution for one year.
Human Resources Director Amanda Van Riper told the Board that countywide health insurance was budgeted at $1,730 per month for most employees, with Local 701 remaining at $1,208 per month. She said PERS employer rates were rising sharply for 2025 — "For tier 1, tier 2 PERS members, they're going to 27.28%. And ops, sir, they're going to 22.88%." Van Riper said the PERS increase represents a fiscal impact of "more than $448,000." She also outlined cost-of-living increases used in the assumptions: 4% for FAFPA, 4.5%…
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