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Board ratifies collective bargaining agreement after executive session
Summary
Following executive session under ORS 192.660(2)(d) and (e), the Crook County Board voted to ratify a collective bargaining agreement and authorized signatures outside a public meeting.
After returning from an executive session held under ORS 192.660(2)(d) (labor negotiations) and (e) (real property negotiations), the Crook County Board of Commissioners voted in open session on July 16, 2025, to ratify a collective bargaining agreement and authorize signing outside of a public meeting.
The board announced at the end of the executive session that "No decision was made in executive session." In open session, staff recommended a motion "to ratify the collective bargaining agreement and to authorize signing it outside of a meeting." A commissioner moved and a second was recorded; the board approved the motion by voice vote. Commissioners recorded "Crawford aye. Barney aye."
The motion authorizes county staff to execute the negotiated agreement consistent with the board's ratification; the terms of the agreement were not read into the public record during open session. The board noted that representatives of the news media and designated staff attended the executive session except for the labor negotiation portion, as allowed by statute. No further details of the agreement were disclosed during the open portion of the meeting.
