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Yellowstone commissioners deny sale of Charles Russell Park after neighborhood outcry
Summary
After a public hearing with more than a dozen residents testifying, the Yellowstone County Board of County Commissioners voted by voice to deny Resolution 24-14 to sell 3.446-acre Charles Russell Park; residents cited wildlife, drainage and a 1954 dedication to public use.
The Yellowstone County Board of County Commissioners on June 19 voted to deny a proposal to sell Charles Russell Park, a 3.446-acre undeveloped parcel in the Frontier Subdivision, after a lengthy public hearing in which neighbors urged the county to keep the land in public ownership.
Monica from Public Works opened the hearing and said the park, platted in 1954 and accessed from Calamity Jane Boulevard and Wild Bill Hickok Drive, functions primarily as open space. She told the board that state statutes allow such a sale but that the county would first need an appraisal and public bidding process; she said a private…
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