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Kalispell council adopts emergency responder levy conversion after contentious debate; amendment adds recitals naming legislators
Summary
The council adopted Resolution 62‑79 converting the voter‑approved emergency responder levy to a dollar‑based format to comply with 2025 state legislation. Council added a recital naming the legislators who sponsored the change; the measure passed after heated debate and one dissenting vote.
The Kalispell City Council on Aug. 18 adopted Resolution 62‑79 to establish the method of levying voted mills for the city’s emergency responder levy after state law changes altered how taxable values are calculated.
City Manager Doug Russell explained the state’s recent tax changes reduced the taxable value used to compute mills and presented two options: keep the levy tied to mills (which could produce a decline next year) or convert it to the dollar amount generated previously and allow future annual inflation adjustments (the city recommended…
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