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Harney County Court designates courthouse annex and discusses reallocation of justice-center funds
Summary
The court voted to designate specified county offices as part of the Harney County Courthouse Annex (Resolution No. 2025-15) after discussing prior legislative funding awards for court-related services and the county's decision to use funds on related court services at a different facility.
Harney County Court on July 2 adopted Resolution No. 2025-15 to formally designate the buildings and offices that comprise the Harney County Courthouse Annex.
County staff and commissioners discussed background on a $3 million award the county received in 2023 through the Oregon Judicial Department for court-related services. Officials said the original plan had been to use those funds on the Lincoln Building’s third floor as a circuit court facility, but rising cost estimates and other project uncertainties led the county to request reauthorization to use the funds on alternative court-related facilities tied to the county's justice-center planning. The court indicated the legislature approved a reauthorization but the county has not yet seen the final bill language and said the designation is intended to identify the facility that will be referenced in future documentation.
Resolution No. 2025-15, as adopted, lists the Harney County Law Library, the Harney County District Attorney’s Office, the 9-1-1 dispatch center, the county jail and related services as being located within the Harney County Courthouse Annex. Commissioners asked staff to add the County Sheriff’s Office and dispatch references consistently in both bullets of the resolution language; the finalized version read in public included the sheriff’s office and dispatch in the annex description.
A motion to adopt the resolution was made and seconded; the record states commissioners present answered "aye" and the motion carried. Commissioners discussed recordkeeping: that official county documents, directories and communications should refer to the identified facility as the Harney County Courthouse Annex.
Ending The court adopted Resolution No. 2025-15 and directed staff to ensure the annex is referenced consistently in future documents. Commissioners said they will monitor the final language of the legislative reauthorization that addresses the earlier $3 million award for court-related services.
