Judiciary committee advances transfer of Veil Park tracts to Silver Bow Rail Park LLC for Town Pump purchase

Unidentified Speaker called the judiciary committee to consider Resolution No. 2026‑04, authorizing the transfer of Tract R‑1, R‑2 and R‑3 of the Veil Park Minor Subdivision to Silver Bow Rail Park RE 2 LLC.

Ms. Lappin, addressing commissioners, said the transfer completes Town Pump’s purchase of property it had been leasing. “This is Town Pump moving forward with purchasing the property that they currently have leasing from us,” she said, noting the final plat for the Rail Park subdivision had been filed and the company had installed a rail spur and large storage tanks on the site. Ms. Lappin also said the land sale is to an LLC created for the transaction (referred to as Impact Town Pump in the meeting).

The committee took a motion to move the resolution to final reading, a second was recorded, and the motion passed by voice vote. No substantive legal concerns were raised by the County Attorney during the discussion.

Why it matters: the action turns leased county land into privately held property tied to Town Pump’s operations and infrastructure (rail spur and tanks). The transfer proceeds under provisions of the Butte‑Silver Bow municipal code cited in the resolution text. The committee did not record a roll‑call vote in the transcript; the passage was announced by voice vote.

What happens next: the resolution was advanced to final reading; any subsequent procedural steps (final public hearing, execution of closing documents) were not specified in the committee record.