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Court approves routine minutes and two resolutions; several motions carried by voice vote
Summary
During the Feb. 4 session the court approved the agenda and minutes, unanimously passed Resolution 2026-09 (creating fund for Lumen Technologies tax appeal) and Resolution 2026-11 (intra-fund transfer for Treatment Court Fund 207), and discussed but did not approve an informational ballot question on governance.
The Harney County Court approved several routine procedural items and two resolutions during the Feb. 4 meeting.
Procedural votes - The court unanimously approved the Feb. 4 regular-session agenda by voice vote. - The court unanimously approved the Jan. 21, 2026 regular-session minutes by voice vote.
Resolution 2026-09: Lumen Technologies tax fund - Motion: "I move to approve resolution 2026Dash09 in the matter of creating Lumen Technologies tax fund number 646 for potential refund credit." (mover: speaker who initiated at SEG 1852; seconded at SEG 1855). - Purpose: Create a fund to hold property tax receipts while a state-assessed utility (Lumen/Centurylink) appeals its assessment, preventing distribution of funds that may later be refunded. - Outcome: Approved by voice vote.
Resolution 2026-11: Treatment Court intra-fund transfer - Motion: Approve intra-fund appropriation transfers totaling $2,542 to comply with an Oregon Criminal Justice Commission request to return unspent funds from the 2023'2025 biennium award. - Outcome: Approved by voice vote.
Other motions - Judge Hart moved to place an informational question regarding possible conversion from a county court to a board of commissioners on the primary ballot; that motion died for lack of a second.
All formal approvals recorded in this meeting were passed by voice vote; the court had no recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript.
