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Missoula council candidates name housing, infrastructure and emergency services as top budget priorities
Summary
Candidates at a Missoula forum said the city must prioritize housing, infrastructure and core emergency services when addressing an approximate $3.1 million budget shortfall, but they differed on funding sources and trade-offs.
At the Oct. 16 candidate forum hosted by Catalyst Montana and the Missoula Tenants Union, several municipal candidates identified three recurring priorities for the city budget amid an approximate shortfall of $3.1 million: housing, infrastructure and core public-safety services.
Rebecca Dawson, a Ward 2 candidate who noted the council’s primary responsibility is the budget, said the city “needs to look at what our funding responsibilities are” and prioritize public safety and infrastructure before other discretionary items. “Sometimes you have to slow down on what you're spending or eliminate unnecessary…
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