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Gallatin County Commission approves consent agenda, reappoints board members and cancels September meeting
Summary
On Aug. 5, 2025 the Gallatin County Commission approved routine claims and contracts, reappointed several board members to multi-year terms, and adopted a resolution canceling the September meeting because of a projected lack of quorum; all actions were by voice vote.
The Gallatin County Commission met Aug. 5, 2025, approved its consent agenda of claims and contracts, confirmed a slate of board appointments and voted to cancel the county’s regular September meeting because of anticipated absences.
The consent agenda included claims totaling $1,604,250.96 and a series of contracts and purchases read into the record by county staff, among them a Golden Eagle Construction contract for Gunther tenant improvements ($395,400), a Great West Engineering amendment for the compost facility study ($27,500.20) and the purchase of a CAT landfill dozer ($599,488). The commission approved the consent agenda by voice vote.
The commission then moved to appointments. The board approved reappointments and new appointments across several bodies: Marlena Sedaj and Glenn Esnard to the County Planning Board (two-year terms expiring July 31, 2027), Mary Ellen Fitzgerald to the Historic Preservation Board (three-year term expiring July 30, 2028), Andrea Lauer and Aaron Taylor to the Mental Health Local Advisory Council (four-year terms, including Aaron Taylor through Aug. 3, 2029), Matt Fulton to the Planning and Zoning Commission (two-year term expiring Aug. 10, 2027) and Eric Asario to the Tax Appeal Board for the remainder of a three-year term expiring July 1, 2028. The commission said the vacancies had been advertised in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle and on the county website before acting; the slate was approved by voice vote.
On a separate motion the commission adopted Resolution 2025-067 to cancel the regular September meeting date, citing two commissioners who will be out of town and the third likely attending the Mako meeting, leaving no available presiding commissioner. The resolution passed by voice vote. The chair noted staff can schedule or process items before or after the absent meeting to meet statutory timing requirements.
The commission recorded no public comments on the appointments or the cancellation resolution. The chair closed the items and moved to the final agenda matter: the FY2026 preliminary budget public hearing.
