Residents ask whether a charter would help with code enforcement, utilities and solar projects

Oct 21, 2026

At a Beaverhead County forum, residents asked whether a charter would allow the county to act on building-code enforcement, fireworks restrictions and local utility options such as county-owned power; presenter Dan Clark said some authorities remain prohibited while self-governing powers create new local options when state law does not forbid them.

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Several attendees used the meeting to press how a charter might change local policy on issues that have come up in Beaverhead County: building code enforcement, fireworks restrictions and the county's ability to respond to large solar developments.

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