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Butte-Silver Bow finance director: taxable value roughly unchanged; budget presentations rescheduled
Summary
Finance Director Karen Hassler told commissioners the county's preliminary market value rose but taxable value was essentially flat due to recent state legislation; the council moved several budget hearings and the formal FY26 presentation to August dates.
Karen Hassler, Butte-Silver Bow finance and budget director, presented preliminary property-valuation figures from the Montana Department of Revenue at the July 16 council meeting and explained how recent state law changes affect taxable value and local budgets.
Hassler said market value for the taxing jurisdiction rose from about $5,000,168,000 in tax year 2024 to roughly $7,000,000,000 in the preliminary 2025 numbers, but that taxable value (the number used to calculate most levies) fell slightly—about $327,000—because the 2023 legislative session…
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