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Missoula council continues FY26 budget hearing as staff report taxable values came in below early estimates
Summary
Missoula City Council continued the FY26 budget public hearing on Aug. 11 after the city received updated taxable-value notices; city staff reported a lower-than-anticipated property-tax revenue estimate and displayed revised allocations across core services and capital projects.
Missoula City Council on Aug. 11 continued its public hearing on the fiscal year 2026 proposed budget as staff presented updated taxable-value information and changes since the Aug. 4 hearing.
Dale Bickel, the city’s chief administrative officer, told the council that the FY26 mayor’s budget emphasizes financial stability and investments in core services. Bickel said the general fund proposed appropriations are about $88,100,000; the combined tax-supported funds (general fund, road and park districts, and the new fire levy) are about $121,000,000; and the total operating budget across all funds is about $200,000,000.
Bickel said taxable-value notices from the state arrived after the Aug. 4 hearing and the city’s estimate of new revenue from property taxes declined from an earlier $4,400,000 estimate to about $3,800,000. The mayor’s proposal includes a city-wide property-tax impact figure of 3.5 percent (this is the city’s…
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