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Public commenter urges commissioners to block TIF capture of 95-mill school revenues, cites pension and funding concerns
Summary
A public commenter told the board that capturing 95-mill school tax revenue in tax-increment finance (TIF) districts diverts funds from constitutionally protected public retirement and education funding, and urged commissioners to act; the comments prompted no board action at the meeting.
During the Aug. 5 meeting, Yellowstone County resident Kevin Nelson addressed the commissioners during public comment and urged them to prevent tax-increment finance districts from capturing revenue he said is constitutionally earmarked for public retirement and education. Nelson began by citing the Montana Constitution and public retirement system protections, saying, "public retirement system assets including income and actual required contributions…
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