Harney County court moves to post monthly expenditures and annual sanitized salary list to comply with ORS 294.250

Harney County Court reviewed ORS 294.250 compliance at its Sept. 16 meeting and endorsed a staff proposal to publish monthly expenditures that exceed $500 and an annual, sanitized schedule of gross monthly salaries by position.

County staff noted that existing AP (accounts payable) reports are online but often lack concise purpose descriptions; staff proposed adding short descriptions to AP entries or attaching a cleaned AP document to meeting agendas. On salary disclosure, staff proposed HR produce a position‑by‑position gross monthly salary report with personal information removed, to be posted annually after budget adoption to meet statutory requirements.

Why it matters: ORS 294.250 requires counties to publish monthly expenditures above a threshold and an annual salary schedule to enhance transparency. The court directed staff to make practical changes—attach AP statements to agendas and publish a sanitized salary schedule post‑budget—to balance transparency with privacy.

Next steps: Staff will determine the practical format for posting (AP descriptions or a new report), sanitize the salary list, and add the documents to a future agenda for adoption and posting.