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Budget committee tentatively approves proposed fiscal 2025–26 funds; final budget adopted
Summary
Harney County Budget Committee tentatively approved a series of fiscal-year funds on April 29–30, 2025, and the committee then approved the county'wide budget as presented and discussed. Actions included tentative approvals for emergency services, public health, road reserves and other departmental funds.
The Harney County Budget Committee tentatively approved multiple proposed fund budgets during its April 29'30 session and then voted to approve the fiscal year 2025'26 budget as presented and discussed.
The committee moved through individual funds in numeric order, taking tentative approvals on a series of reserve and departmental budgets before returning to adopt the full county budget. Committee members discussed line-item questions in several departments before voting, and staff identified a handful of entries that will be clarified prior to final adoption by the governing body.
The most notable approvals included a tentative approval of fund 223911 (Emergency Communications), tentative approvals for fund 245 (Public Health) and the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) budget lines, and transfers from road- and park-related reserve funds. The committee also tentatively approved Harney County Fair budgets, home health and hospice funds, hospice memorial funds and road equipment and paving reserves.
Committee members recorded no recorded nay votes during the session; motions were moved and seconded in public and carried by voice vote. After completing the tentative approvals, the committee made and seconded a motion to approve "all funds presented in the Harney County fiscal year 2025'26 budget as presented and discussed." The committee then voted in favor and the budget was approved by the budget committee for submission to the governing body for adoption.
Why it matters: tentative approvals at the budget-committee level clear the way for the county court to adopt formal appropriations. Several funds carry program and personnel changes that county staff said will be clarified in the weeks ahead. Committee members repeatedly asked staff to confirm PERS calculations, recurring vendor fees tied to an upgraded CAD system, and specific staffing/FTE allocations before the adoption steps.
What happens next: staff will provide follow-up information on PERS, recurring maintenance fees tied to Motorola's computer-aided dispatch upgrade, and several department-level FTE clarifications. The county court will take the committee'approved budget to the formal adoption hearing according to local schedule.
