Klamath County approves Harmony AI licensing deal and approves $21,000 server reallocation

Klamath County commissioners voted May 19 to approve a licensing and co-creation agreement with Harmony AI Inc. and Verge Consulting to create an intelligent automation hub for the tax collector and property sales departments and simultaneously approved an internal budget transfer to acquire a server to support the project.

The licensing agreement carries a $3,500 contract expense to the tax collector's contract services budget, county staff said. During a separate finance item the board approved a transfer that increased capital outlay by $21,000 and decreased computer equipment by $21,000 to purchase a server "for use with the Harmony AI project," a county presenter said during the meeting.

County staff described the automation hub as a way to automate administrative processes, improve efficiency, optimize staff resources and enhance delivery of services to the community. The board voted unanimously to approve both the licensing agreement and the appropriation transfer; the transfer was presented as having no net fiscal impact beyond a reallocation between expenditure categories.

Sarah Hill of Klamath County Onsite and county finance staff answered procedural questions during the motions. No members of the public testified on the matter. Commissioners framed the approvals as administrative steps to support a county modernization effort; no timeline for deployment beyond the contract and server purchase was specified.