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Board approves staffing hires, emergency levee declaration and ARPA amendment; several routine items passed

Klamath County Board of Commissioners · January 7, 2026
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Summary

At its Jan. 6 meeting, the Klamath County Board of Commissioners approved hiring a juvenile KCR program coordinator, rehired a part‑time electrical inspector, declared a local emergency for levee and pump repairs at Lake Emona, and signed Amendment 3 with KCADA increasing COVID‑19 grant funds by $367,378.05.

The Klamath County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 6 approved a series of personnel and funding actions, including a hire tied to a recent audit, a local emergency declaration for levee repairs, and an ARPA‑related amendment to a county contract.

The board unanimously approved restoring and filling a juvenile KCR program coordinator position after staff reported a recent Oregon auditing authority (OIA) review found the role is required for program certification. County documents cited an annual salary at step 1 of $104,998.09 and said KCR program positions are funded by OIA contract revenue, not the…

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