Klamath County weighs planning software purchase and adding planner as backlog grows
County staff recommended buying OpenCounter (Asella) software using a $60,000 ARPA grant to cover implementation and the first-year subscription; commissioners pressed for detail and debated hiring a third planner or temporary help to address a growing application backlog.
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Klamath County commissioners on June 2 heard a planning presentation outlining a proposal to adopt OpenCounter, a cloud permitting and planning workflow system whose parent company is named Asella, and to pay implementation and initial subscription costs with a $60,000 ARPA grant. Jeremy Morris, who identified himself as handling "software and staffing," told the board the grant would cover roughly $55,000 of implementation and about $25,000 would remain for an annual subscription, estimating implementation would take about six months.
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