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Belgrade staff recommends converting voted mill levies to dollar amounts after state tax changes
Summary
City staff told the Belgrade City Council that recent state legislation (Senate Bill 542 and House Bill 231) will lower residential taxable percentages and shift tax burden to second homes and commercial property; staff recommended converting voted mill levies to fixed dollar amounts (Option 1) and estimated the police levy lost about $459,080 this year.
Belgrade city staff presented a detailed analysis of two state laws that change how property taxes are calculated and offered a staff recommendation to convert the city’s voted mill levies to fixed dollar amounts.
The presentation, given during the council workshop, explained that Senate Bill 542 establishes value‑based tiering that lowers the residential taxable percentage for many homeowners and that House Bill 231 offers two options for local governments: (1) convert voted mill levies to dollar amounts and then apply the state’s inflation rule, or (2) recalculate current mills to raise last year’s revenue and freeze that mill count. City staff recommended Option 1.
Why it matters: staff said the changes reduce how much taxable value is attributed to many owner‑occupied…
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