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Votes at a glance: Umatilla County Board of Commissioners actions on Feb. 5, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal motions and approvals recorded during the Feb. 5, 2025 Umatilla County Board of Commissioners meeting, including budget orders, appointments, procurements and routine business.
The Umatilla County Board of Commissioners voted on numerous routine and substantive items at its Feb. 5 meeting. The following is a summary of motions recorded in the meeting minutes; counts and specific maker/second names are not always listed in the transcript and are noted as "not specified" where the record does not identify them.
Key procedural and procurement votes
- Approval of minutes from Jan. 22, 2025: Motion approved by voice vote (recorded as "aye"). - Accept fiscal year 2023-24 audit as presented (external auditors Anderson, Boyle & Ramos): Approved (see separate article). - Award 2025 Vegetation Management chemical purchase to Nutrien (adjusted low bid $21,174.89): Approved. - Approve sheriff's body armor purchase ($23,031.50) with anticipated 50% state grant reimbursement: Approved. - Approve sheriff's vehicle lease program for 10 vehicles (annual cost $213,853.42; four-year term) and selection of Bancorp: Approved. - Approve payment of $16,678.34 to Blue Mountain Wildlife for boarding and care of seized roosters: Approved. - Approve purchase of KeyTrak key-management system for the county jail (negotiated price just under $10,000): Approved. - Approve reappointment and appointments to advisory and special districts including: - Transportation Advisory Committee reappointment: Belinda Carter reappointed (retroactive term 07/01/2024 to 07/01/2028); Lola Lopez appointed to represent veterans (term 02/05/2025 to 02/05/2029). (Order BCC 2025-011) - Mosquito Control District board reappointment: Mr. Johnson reappointed for West Unit: Approved. - Approve temporary doubling of fair office administrative assistant hours to support cross-training during medical absence: Approved. - Approve payment of Association of Oregon Counties (AOC) dues in the amount of $37,377.25: Approved. - Approve wolf depredation advisory committee recommended reimbursements to two producers for 2024 deterrent measures: Approved (amounts referenced in packet; minutes record motion and approval). - Approve letter of support for Western Area Development Association's downtown revitalization grant application for Weston: Authorized chair to sign.
Supplemental budgets (public hearing held and orders adopted)
The board opened and closed a public hearing on supplemental budgets and approved a series of supplemental budget orders (voice votes recorded as "aye"). Items approved included but were not limited to: - Budget Order 2025-22 (VOCA program adjustments): state revenue decrease $55,000; contingency decrease $55,000. - Budget Order 2025-23 (Victim Witness VOCA): state revenue increase $55,000; contingency increase $55,000. - Budget Order 2025-26 (CARE program): state revenue increase $75,000; materials & services +$35,000; capital outlay +$40,000. - Budget Order 2025-27 (Road District program): federal revenue +$500,000; materials & services +$500,000. - Budget Order 2025-29 (Infrastructure reserve): transfers in +$2,000,000; contingency +$2,000,000. - Additional budget orders (2025-30 through 2025-37) covering health, immunizations, fair improvements, Justice Reinvestment, abatement program and CARE program adjustments were adopted; each was described in the packet and approved by motion.
Budget transfers
The board approved a series of transfers moving contingency to personnel services, materials and capital accounts across multiple departments (orders 2025-39 through 2025-47). These included transfers for school-based health center capital needs, an economic development reserve transfer of $2,000,000, election and GIS personnel adjustments and other departmental reallocations.
Votes and procedure notes
- Most motions were recorded in the minutes as "moved and seconded" and passed by unanimous voice vote labeled as "aye." The transcript does not supply an explicit roll-call vote tally with commissioner names for each item. - Where packet information provided figures (contract amounts, budget order numbers, invoice totals), those figures are included above as recorded by staff presenters; specific contract documents and budget ordinance texts are not printed in the transcript.
Where to find more: Staff presentations and supporting documents for each agenda item are part of the county meeting packet and the adopted orders and contracts will be filed with county administrative records.
