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Prairie County commissioners adopt Growth Policy 2026
Summary
The Prairie County Board of Commissioners voted June 30 to adopt the county's updated Growth Policy 2026 after public hearings and technical revisions; the change was recorded as resolution 26-25.
The Prairie County Board of Commissioners voted June 30 to adopt the Prairie County Growth Policy 2026, approving the resolution of intent and recording the action as resolution 26-25.
Clerk (S3) read the resolution's preamble, citing Montana Code Title 76 provisions that guide county growth policy adoption; S1 made the motion to adopt and the board approved the motion by voice vote. As S3 read, the policy —meets the standards of the growth policy as outlined 76-1-601— and was prepared following public hearings on May 15 and July 14, 2025 (as stated in the resolution text).
The resolution and adoption place the revised policy on record and direct county staff to file the signed documents. Commissioners discussed the need to ensure dates and references in the resolution matched the public-hearing record before final signatures were completed. The board concluded the procedural requirements were met and proceeded with the adoption by voice vote.
The immediate procedural next step is signature and filing of the adopted resolution so it becomes part of the county record; the board did not attach new regulatory authority to the document (the resolution and S3's reading noted that the growth policy is not itself a regulatory code under state law).
