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Gallatin County Commission actions, April 1, 2025: proclamations, conservation funding, plats and dedications
Summary
The commission approved a child-abuse prevention proclamation, multiple land-use items including road abandonment and final plats, a $417,500 open-lands payment for Brower Farms, and several public-dedication and subdivision items; consent agenda items were also approved.
At its April 1 meeting the Gallatin County Commission took a series of formal actions: it adopted a proclamation designating April 2025 as Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month, approved a $417,500 expenditure from the Open Lands Fund for the Brower Farms conservation easement, approved abandonment of a portion of Bentwing Road and the associated amended plat for Minor Subdivision 121A, accepted public dedications for North and South Dolaheri (Delray) Lane, approved subdivision improvements and final plat for the Marigold subsequent minor subdivision, and approved the consent agenda. The board also approved other routine contracts and grant applications included in the consent agenda.
Key votes and motions
- Proclamation: The commission unanimously adopted a proclamation declaring April 2025 Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month, read into the record by Glenda Noyes of CASA Gallatin. Public commenters including Joe Aldrow of Gallatin County Department of Child and Family Services and Sheriff Dan Springer spoke in support of CASA and volunteer advocates. Motion to accept proclamation: Commissioner (unnamed); outcome: approved.
- Brower Farms conservation easement (Open Lands fund): Staff (Sean O'Callahan, Openlands coordinator) presented a final purchase-and-sale and assignment agreement for Brower Farms (168 acres in the Churchill area). The commission approved level-2 final approval and a payment request of $417,500 from the Open Lands Fund. Jordan Vana (Montana Land Reliance) said NRCS funding was expected and closing was anticipated in late May or early June. Motion to approve payment/agreements: Commissioner (unnamed); outcome: approved.
- Bentwing Road abandonment & amended plat (Minor Subdivision 121A): The county's clerk and recorder, Eric Semrad, described Petition No. 861 to abandon a portion of Bentwing Road that is enclosed by Lot A. A viewing committee reported the road serves a single landowner (Montana Conservation Raptor Center/Big Sky Wild Care). The commission approved Resolution No. 2025-027 to abandon the specified portion and then approved the amended final plat to reflect the abandonment. Motion to approve abandonment (Res. 2025-027): Commissioner (unnamed); outcome: approved. Motion to approve amended final plat: Commissioner (unnamed); outcome: approved.
- Marigold Subsequent Minor Subdivision (public dedications, improvements agreement, final plat): Planning staff presented resolutions and an improvements agreement for the Marigold subsequent minor subdivision. The commission approved the public dedications for North and South Dolaheri Lane (Res. 2025-028 and 2025-029), accepted the improvements agreement with a financial guarantee (letter of credit for $59,850) requiring sidewalks by Dec. 6, 2026, and granted final plat approval after staff found conditions met. Motions: Commissioner (unnamed); outcomes: approved.
- Consent agenda: Commissioners approved the consent agenda, which included claims totaling $494,166.49, multiple contract approvals (including a Hidden Creek predevelopment loan commitment and a concert contract for the County Fair), grant applications to Montana DES and others, and meeting minutes. Motion to approve consent agenda: Commissioner (unnamed); outcome: approved.
Meeting context: Several items involved little debate; a number of votes were unanimous. The more substantive hearings with public comment were the Hidden Creek site-plan submission (separately discussed) and the Dry Creek preliminary plat (see separate article).
