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1/15/2019
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Commissioners' Agenda
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Request to Approve a Resolution to Adopt the 2019 Internal Rate of Unemployment Compensation
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Consent Agenda
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Kittitas County <br />Board of County Commissioners <br /> <br />Agenda Staff Report <br /> <br />Agenda Date: January 15, 2019 <br /> <br />Action Requested: Request the Board to adopt a Resolution to adopt the 2019 Internal Rate of <br />Unemployment Compensation. <br /> <br />Background: <br />For years Kittitas County has had the fund 511 Unemployment Compensation and charged departments and <br />funds for unemployment charges. <br /> <br />All local governments have a choice between either the Option 1 ‐ Tax Basis or Option 2 ‐ In‐lieu contribution <br />basis for making payments to the Department of Employment Security (DES) per R.C.W. 50.44.030. The State <br />auditor prescribes the accounting for Option 2 ‐ In‐Lieu Contribution (Reimbursement) R.C.W 50.44.060. The <br />choices for accounting for Option 2 are Method A; create an internal service fund or Method B; participate <br />with other local governments; Kittitas County uses Method A. <br /> <br />The amount of these cash contributions depends on the estimate of future unemployment claims. The <br />estimates should be adjusted periodically, based on an experience. There may be different rates for <br />departments and funds within the same government. The periodic cash contributions from operating funds <br />will be charged to the functional expenditure/expense accounts in the operating funds in the same manner as <br />premium payments paid to the DES. Payments to the DES must be made from the Unemployment <br />Compensation Fund. Interest earnings on investment of the contributions may be used for the benefit of the <br />Unemployment Compensation Fund (thereby reducing charges to the operating funds) or the general (current <br />expense) fund per RCW 35.39.034. <br /> <br />This rate was established during the preliminary budget process. The rate was established by taking the yearly <br />charges paid for unemployment divided by the total yearly unemployment wages, to get the percentage, and <br />averaging the rate over the past 2 years. The average rate for 2019 would be .0054. The amount used to <br />prepare the 2019 budget was .0020. The fund balance as of was December 31, 2017 of $183,874, which is <br />sufficient for operation of the fund. <br /> <br />Year Claims Unemployment wages Rate of claims to wages <br />2013 59,321.88 12,785,039.67 .0046 <br />2014 47,816.65 13,920,762.08 .0034 <br />2015 26,591.60 14,057,348.15 .0019 <br />2016 31,776.39 13,959,468.70 .0023 <br />2017 48,336.84 15,547,106.86 .0031 <br /> Average Rate .0054 <br /> <br />The actual rate in adopted in 2018 was .00100. <br /> <br />Recommendation: Recommend the Board approve and sign the Resolution to adopt the 2019 internal rate for Unemployment <br />Compensation. <br /> <br />Handling: Original to Judy Pless, Budget & Finance Manager <br /> <br />Lead Staff Judy Pless, Budget & Finance Manager <br />Kittitas County Auditor’s Office
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