Rosebud County approves land swap with Forsyth to consolidate cemetery parcel

The Rosebud County Board of Commissioners approved a land swap with the city of Forsyth aimed at consolidating a small parcel within the county cemetery and removing a split parcel that complicates access and easements.

A commissioner described the parcels involved, saying the city-owned piece sits "inside the cemetery" and the county parcel lies just east of a private residence near Antelope Creek — between Quincy Subdivision and a development the record calls "the villa." The commissioner said the parcels "look like the parcels are fairly equal size" and framed the swap as a way to resolve an easement issue and to support a city water project.

The board moved and approved the swap, with the commissioner stating the approval was contingent on the city’s concurrence and coordination between the county attorney and the city attorney to finalize the paperwork. "If they put it all together, they get it done," the commissioner said, as the board recorded the motion as carried.

The approval directs county staff and legal counsel to work with Forsyth’s attorneys to complete the exchange; no conveyance will occur until both local governments finalize terms and legal descriptions.

The matter was presented as a straightforward, largely technical swap to clean up an irregular parcel that was created decades earlier when a subdivision and park plan were recorded.