The Madison County Sheriff met with the mayors of Twin Bridges, Sheridan and Virginia City on May 8 at the Madison County Annex Building to begin negotiations about payments from the municipalities for law enforcement services provided by the Sheriff’s office.
The May 6 election brought a mixed bag of results around Madison County. Here are some of the highlights with comments from the people involved in and impacted by the results of the vote.
These unoffical results are for the May 6, 2025 election.
Virginia City Courthouse Restoration County Bond
Yes 1849 passed
No 1699
Virginia City Resort Tax
For 86 passed
Against 21
On Wednesday, April 23, NorthWestern Energy (NWE) and other organizations gathered for their annual meeting about the Hebgen Dam and Madison River updates. A few of the items on the meeting's agenda were aquatic invasive species, snowpack, runoff forecasts, flushing flow, fish population and several more important comments.
The Madison Valley Hospital District (MVHD) has reached a compromise with the Big Sky Resort Area District (BSRAD) that will allow Madison County residents who live in BSRAD to leave the hospital district and establish their own over the course of the next eight years.
Big Sky Resort Area District (BSRAD) is asking voters on the May 6 ballot to extend the end of the resort tax until 2065 so that they can bond against the procedures to provide funding for affordable housing and community improvements. The current resort tax expiration is scheduled for 2032.
Big Sky is on the offensive with regards to providing workforce housing and will push two bond issues out as part of the May 6 election. The school district is seeking a general fund levy that will provide funds that can be used for teacher housing.
Senate Bill 260 was amended by the Senate Taxation Committee to focus on withdrawal of Big Sky Resort Area District (BSRAD) residents who are part of Madison County from the Madison Valley Hospital district and passed by a 6-2 vote on March 28.
What to know about the ballot for the upcoming Election, there will be a question about the Virginia City Courthouse bond, a question about the Virginia City Resort Tax and a question about the Ennis School Building Reserve Levy. The Madisonian will be covering these topics over the next few weeks.
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