Yellowstone commissioners adopt proclamation for National Therapy Animal Day; approve routine claims and consent agenda

The Yellowstone County Board of Commissioners on April 29 adopted Proclamation Resolution 25-57 declaring April 30, 2025, National Therapy Animal Day in Yellowstone County and approved routine claims and the consent agenda by voice vote.

The board read a proclamation noting that therapy animal teams, including those affiliated with Pet Partners, serve veterans, seniors, patients, students and hospice patients and that interaction with therapy animals can reduce stress and improve health. The resolution “do[es] hereby proclaim April 30, 2025, as National Therapy Animal Day in Yellowstone County,” language that the board formally adopted as Resolution 25-57.

The proclamation was presented and then moved for approval by Commissioner Waters; the motion was seconded and approved on a voice vote with no discussion.

During the same session the board approved claims and the consent agenda. A motion to approve claims — identified in the meeting as claims 25, 136, 137, 138 and 139 — was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote. Commissioner Waters moved to approve the consent agenda and place the filed items to file; that motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.

The meeting began with the flag pledge and a moment of silence and concluded shortly after the routine votes and a call for public comment, during which no substantive public comments were made. The session was brief and focused on ceremonial recognition and routine administrative approvals.

Items approved at the meeting were procedural in nature and carried without recorded roll-call tallies; the minutes record only that the motions were seconded and approved by voice vote.