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Klamath County approves several personnel actions and reviews insurance, requests follow-up analysis
Summary
At its April 7 administrative meeting, the Klamath County Board approved personnel items including a tax-collector policy exception, a Public Works reclassification and standardized quarterly administrative leave for department heads, and heard an insurance and risk review with follow-up analysis requested for vehicle/equipment thresholds and coverage renewals.
The Klamath County Board of Commissioners on April 7 approved several personnel actions and heard the county's annual insurance and risk review.
Human Resources Director Sue Baumgart presented three personnel items. The board approved an exception to policy related to the tax collector (motion by Commissioner Nichols, second by Commissioner DeGroot); it unanimously approved a Public Works position reclassification and directed HR to standardize quarterly administrative leave for all department heads reporting directly to the board.
During the insurance presentation, Bill Gilmore of Great Basin Insurance and Leslie Barlow-Hunter (Contracts and Risk) summarized trends: the county is on a two-year retroactive workers' compensation plan with an expected decrease in the experience modification factor offset by higher 2024 losses; slips, trips and falls were the most common injury type. Property claims were stable but general liability claims increased and contributed to a 13% increase in the modification factor. Gilmore recommended maintaining a $50,000 deductible for general liability and property, noting that raising the deductible further would yield limited premium savings and could affect open claims.
Commissioner Nichols asked for analysis of fiscal impacts for raising liability thresholds for vehicles and equipment; staff and the insurance representative agreed to provide a vehicle/equipment classification breakdown and a renewal proposal for the June meeting. The county also plans to solicit quotes for cyber liability, non-owned aviation liability including drones, and pollution liability to confirm coverage needs.
