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Votes at a glance: Big Horn County Commission actions, April 15, 2025
Summary
The commission approved routine items including the agenda, accounts payable and payroll, a Lane 39 right‑of‑way permit, a liquor license transfer and renewal for The Scale House LLC, and a resolution dissolving the Cowley Recreation District; minutes from April 1 were also approved.
At its April 15 meeting the Big Horn County Commission recorded the following formal actions and outcomes.
• Agenda: Commissioner Bruce Jolley moved to accept the agenda; motion seconded and carried.
• Lane 39 right‑of‑way permit: Presented by Road and Bridge staff and approved on motion of Commissioner Dave Neves.
• Executive session: Commissioners moved into executive session to discuss pending litigation; meeting returned with no action taken.
• Accounts payable and payroll: Deputy County Clerks Marquerite VanDyke and Carol Willard presented AP and payroll; Commissioner Jolley moved to approve as presented; motion seconded and carried.
• Liquor license: County Clerk Lori Smallwood presented a transfer and annual renewal for a liquor license from Paint Rock Angus LLC to The Scale House LLC; Commissioner Jolley moved to approve the transfer and renewal as presented; motion seconded and carried.
• Town of Cowley resolution: Mayor J. Peterson and attorney Alexa Rolin presented a resolution to dissolve the Cowley Recreation District; Commissioner Jolley moved to approve the resolution; motion seconded and carried. The presenters said the district was never properly formed as a taxing entity and that any assets have or will be relinquished to the town.
• Minutes: Commissioner Dave Neves moved to approve the April 1, 2025 commission meeting minutes; motion seconded and carried.
• Time reporting software: Clerk Lori Smallwood presented a proposal to migrate county time reporting to Timecard Plus; by consensus the commission authorized Clerk Smallwood and the sheriff’s office to proceed with the project.
Notes: Several items were decided by consensus rather than recorded roll‑call votes; where the transcript records a motion as "seconded and carried" no roll‑call tallies are provided.
