At its Dec. 16 meeting the Curry County Board of Commissioners approved several routine actions and set next year's meeting schedule.

Votes and motions taken

- Agenda approval: The board opened the meeting, asked for amendments and approved the agenda by voice vote (Commissioner Coker: Aye; Commissioner Hollinger: Yes; Chair: Aye).

- Consent agenda and appointments: The board approved the consent agenda and confirmed appointments of Walt Keyes to the compensation board and Brett Curtis to the planning commission.

- Annexation (public hearing): The board opened a hearing under ORS 198.857 on an annexation petition (parcel 25‑14) into the Ofer Fire Protection District. No owners or members of the public spoke on the petition. Commissioner (speaker 3) moved to approve annexation 25‑14; the motion was seconded and carried (Commissioner Coker: Aye; Commissioner Hollinger: Yes; Chair: Aye). The hearing was closed the same evening.

- Personnel and policy actions: The board approved a new chief deputy tax collector job description after a brief review and approved a county volunteer policy that adopts best practices from other counties; the motion also requires current volunteers to sign the new policy. Votes on both items were recorded in the affirmative.

- Meeting schedule: Commissioners agreed to a 2026 schedule of a monthly workshop (first Wednesday at 1 p.m.) and a monthly business meeting (third Tuesday at 6 p.m.), with regular DCO meetings and special meetings as needed. The change is effective January 2026.

Why it matters: These actions affect board operations, county personnel policies and a specific parcel’s fire‑district affiliation. The volunteer policy formalizes expectations for volunteers and requires signatures from current volunteers; the meeting‑schedule change shifts the pattern of regular BOC business and workshops.

Quotations and attributions: The board chair opened the annexation hearing and moved the meeting through the calendar. Commissioner Coker and Commissioner Hollinger recorded their votes for multiple items.