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Votes at a glance: Harney County Court actions on Aug. 6, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal actions taken by Harney County Court during the Aug. 6 regular session, including agenda and minutes approval, library advisory appointments, janitorial contract renewal, approval to submit Division 5/12 comments, and a supplemental budget for the fair fund.
Harney County Court took several formal actions during its Aug. 6 regular session. Below is a concise list of motions, outcomes and key details. (All motions carried by voice vote unless noted.)
1) Agenda approval — Approved "I move to approve the agenda as presented," the court heard; the motion was seconded and carried by voice vote. (Tally: yes 2, no 0, absent 1.)
2) Minutes approval — Approved Court approved the regular session minutes from July 16, 2025. (Tally: yes 2, no 0.)
3) Library advisory board appointments — Approved The court approved the library board’s recommendation to appoint Desiree Quintanilla and Mary Kearns to the Harney County Library Advisory Board. Motion made, seconded and carried by voice vote.
4) Renewal of county janitorial contract (Triple R Janitorial / Triple R Investments LLC) — Approved The court renewed the janitorial contract effective Aug. 4, 2025 through Aug. 3, 2026 with a 3% increase; the owner had requested 4% and the court agreed to 3% consistent with standard COLA practice. The contract covers county facilities except the road department; some departments share portions of the cost. Motion carried. (Not-to-exceed total communicated: $70,143 with 3% increase.)
5) Approval to submit comments on proposed Division 5/12 OWRD rules — Approved The court voted to approve county-counsel-prepared comments and to submit them to OWRD rules coordinator Kelly Mines, the OWRD director, the Oregon Water Resources Commission, the governor (via regional coordinator), and cc Representative Mark Owens. The county counsel recommended sending comments on counsel letterhead to indicate legal review. Motion carried; the public comment deadline is Aug. 13, 2025.
6) Supplemental budget — Fair Fund (Fund 252) — Approved Following a public hearing at noon, the court adopted Resolution 2025-17, approving a supplemental budget action to appropriate an unanticipated $150,000 grant into Fair Fund 252 under capital outlay. The court approved the resolution by voice vote.
Procedural notes: Most votes were voice votes without a roll-call tally. Where individual roll-call votes or named tallies were not recorded in the transcript, the court recorded voice approval. If needed for recordkeeping, departments should supply itemized contract documents and grant award language to the clerk’s office for the permanent file.
Ending: County staff will execute the janitorial contract amendment, file the supplemental budget documents, and send the approved Division 5/12 comments to the identified recipients.
