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Butte-Silver Bow approves six-month extension for Sabey/Horizons purchase-and-sale after heated public debate
Summary
After hours of public comment and commissioner debate, the council voted 9-3 to grant a six-month extension of the purchase-and-sale agreement for 600 acres in the Montana Connections Business Park to Horizons Montana LLC (Sabey Data Centers) to allow the county’s ad hoc committee and Sabey time to address questions about water, power, jobs and title issues.
Butte-Silver Bow commissioners voted 9-3 on Feb. 4 to grant a six-month extension of the purchase-and-sale agreement with Horizons Montana LLC (doing business with Sabey Data Centers) for approximately 600 acres in the Montana Connections Business Park.
The motion to amend the requested one-year extension to six months and place the communication on file was made by Commissioner Morgan and passed with nine in favor and three opposed. The extension preserves the county’s ability to require a subsequent two-thirds vote on resolutions required to complete any sale.
The meeting’s public-comment period was evenly split among speakers who urged the council either to deny the extension and renegotiate stronger protections or to allow more time for the ad hoc committee to finish technical reviews. Kelly Sullivan, representing the Butte Local Development Corporation, read a BLDC letter urging approval, saying the project “represents exactly the type of strategic economic…
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