The Yellowstone County Board of Commissioners on July 15 approved records and claims, tabled a memorandum of understanding with Big Sky Economic Development and tabled and referred a Lockwood sidewalk contract to staff.

Commissioner (unnamed) moved to approve the minutes for June 19, 2025 (elected officials compensation hearing), June 26, 2025, July 1, 2025 and July 8, 2025; Chair (unnamed) seconded the motion and the board voted by voice to approve the minutes. Commissioner (unnamed) then moved to table item 2a on the consent agenda, described in the meeting as “the MOU with the Big Sky Economic Development to allocate funding.” Chair (unnamed) seconded; the board voice-voted to table the item.

Later in the consent process Commissioner (unnamed) moved that the board table item 7b and refer it to staff, described in the meeting as “the contract with Asking Construction for the Lockwood sidewalk project.” After a second the board voice-voted to table item 7b and refer it to staff for follow-up. The motions were made during the consent/regular-agenda portion of the meeting and were passed without further discussion.

The board also approved claims listed in the meeting record as 25-176, 25-177, 26-003 and 26-004 following a motion and second, again by voice vote. Toward the end of the consent agenda the board approved an amended consent agenda and ordered file items to be filed.

The meeting record shows no additional substantive public discussion or debate on these items during the meeting; the tabling actions place the MOU and the Lockwood contract into further review rather than approving funding or contract execution.

Notes on procedure and next steps: tabling an item and referring it to staff, as recorded, indicates the board did not take final action on the MOU or the Lockwood contract at this meeting; staff follow-up was directed for the Lockwood contract. No formal roll-call vote tallies were recorded in the transcript provided; outcomes were decided by voice vote (recorded as “aye”).