Editing Burns, Oregon (section)

==Government==
[[Image:HarneyCountyCourthouse.jpg|thumb|left|Harney County Courthouse]] Burns has a [[mayor–council government]].{{sfn|Jenks|2013|p=7}} Jerry Woodfin, one of seven elected members of the council, is the mayor.<ref name="mayor">{{cite web|title=City Council|url=https://www.cityofburnsor.gov/citycouncil|publisher=City of Burns|access-date=March 7, 2024}}</ref> The city's public works department, consisting of a director and four full-time workers, maintains the water lines, sewers, and streets of Burns. The police department includes a chief of police, an office assistant, and three full-time officers who work for Hines as well as Burns. City officers and employees include a city manager, city clerk, municipal judge doubling as the utilities clerk, and an office assistant.{{sfn|Jenks|2013|p=46}}

A tribal council governs the Burns Paiute Tribe, immediately northwest of Burns. The [[Tribe (Native American)|tribe]] has its own police, court, and health and other services, including a tribal community center.{{sfn|Jenks|2013|p=7}}
[[File:2017-07-13 Burns 24.jpg|thumb|Burns Post Office]]
The Harney County Courthouse is in Burns. County officials include a judge and two commissioners, a clerk, treasurer, assessor, district attorney, justice of the peace, sheriff, and circuit court judge.{{sfn|Jenks|2013|p=75}}

[[Cliff Bentz]], a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], won election in 2020 to represent Burns as part of [[Oregon's 2nd congressional district]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Cliff Bentz|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Cliff_Bentz|publisher=Ballotpedia|access-date=January 7, 2021|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101011327/https://ballotpedia.org/Cliff_Bentz|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ron Wyden]] and [[Jeff Merkley]], both [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], serve the entire state of Oregon in the [[United States Senate]].<ref>{{cite web|title=List of United States Senators from Oregon|url=https://ballotpedia.org/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Oregon|publisher=Ballotpedia|access-date=January 8, 2021|archive-date=December 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230003920/https://ballotpedia.org/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Oregon|url-status=live}}</ref> Republican [[Lynn Findley]] represents District 30, including Burns, in the Oregon Senate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Senator Lynn P. Findley (R-Vale)|url=https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/findley|access-date=January 14, 2021|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115052338/https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/findley|url-status=live}}</ref> Republican [[Mark Owens (Oregon politician)|Mark Owens]] represents District  60, including Burns, in the Oregon House.<ref>{{cite web|title=Representative Mark Owens (R-Crane)|url=https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/owens|access-date=January 14, 2021|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116000629/https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/owens|url-status=live}}</ref>