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Missoula mayor outlines FY26 priorities on government responsiveness, cost of living and housing
Summary
At a March 26 Committee of the Whole meeting, Missoula’s mayor presented three top priorities for fiscal year 2026: improving city responsiveness and customer service, addressing rising costs of living including advocacy on property tax reform, and expanding housing choice and affordability.
Mayor (name not specified) told the Missoula City Council Committee of the Whole on March 26 that the administration’s top priorities for fiscal year 2026 are improving city responsiveness, addressing the rising cost of living and expanding housing choice.
The mayor said these priorities — framed through the city’s lenses of housing, equity and climate — are intended to focus staff time and budget work ahead of the formal budget process, which the administration said will begin in mid-May.
Mayor (name not specified) said a responsive, efficient and transparent government “strengthens trust, and it improves services and enhances our community well-being,” and listed specific actions under that priority: a new city website with resident-service portals, formalized constituent-service policies across departments, centralized communications and a social-media strategy for real-time updates, and continued work on data-driven performance management (described in the meeting as a “we work certification” methodology).
On infrastructure, the mayor said the city is prioritizing water-main replacements and other utility projects and is coordinating with the county and the Montana Department of Transportation to…
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