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a ICittitar. County Public Health ❑apartment To Protect and Promote the Health and the Environment of the People of Kittitas County 1. Personnel Salaries and Benefits Personnel costs as the highest expense for General Public Health and Environmental Public Health, at 79% and 78% respectively. Human Services, as a small division that focuses on passing funds into the community, dedicates only 5% of its budget to personnel. Overall, 31 % of department -wide expenses for personnel is a total of over $3.47 million. Personnel costs include salary and benefits. The 2026 budget has been forecasted using a 3.0% Consumer Price Index (CPI) increase placeholder until the final increase amount has been approved by the BOCC. Employer contributions for healthcare benefits are budgeted at an estimated 45% of employee salaries. Implemented by Kittitas County in 2024, a step increase of 2.5%for all non -represented exempt and non-exempt employees is included, as well as for the department's one Courthouse Union staff member. Employees are eligible for the 2.5% step increase on their anniversary date who have not already reached the highest step of their wage range, and who have received satisfactory performance evaluation. Currently two staff members are at the top of their wage range. 2. KCPHD Indirect Rate KCPHD works with the Kittitas County Auditor's Office annually to set the department indirect rate to pay for KCPHD administrative costs, including utilities and other shared expenses, and partial salary costs of administrative staff such as the Accountant, Chief Administrator, Deputy Director, and Director. The 2026 budget is based off an estimated 12% of salary expenses and is applied to all revenue sources with staff time. Within the General Public Health budget, the indirect rate balances itself out as an expense to individual revenue streams, and a revenue to administrative costs. The indirect rate is also applied to the Human Services Budget as an expense of $32,037 and the Environmental Public Health budget as an expense of $77,151. Both of which are shown as revenue in the General Public Health budget, where the administrative costs are housed. 3. Kittitas County Central Services/Interfund The Kittitas County Central Services (Interfund) rate is calculated annually by the Kittitas County Auditor's Office. Interfund expenses pay for County -provided services to the department, such as IT support, access to legal services through the Prosecuting Attorney's Office, and Human Resources. The Central Services rate is calculated at 13% of total salary expenses, totaling an estimated $311,402 for the department in 2026. 4. Enterprise Technology Fund (ETF) Kittitas County charges KCPHD a flat fee per staff member to pay for department dedicated technology such as Laptops, county -wide technology such as servers, and software systems such as Microsoft Office Suite, SmartGov, and others. The fund maintains a fund balance for planned capital and emergency expenses. The 2026 budget is based on previous year's ETF costs, and it is anticipated that actual costs will increase from that amount in 2026. KCPHD maintains enough flexibility in the 2026 budget that additional costs can be accounted for. Kittitas County Public Health Department— 2026 Preliminary Budget Narrative Page 18 of 25