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Gallatin County adopts FY2026 budget, converts voter-approved mills under new state law and sets mill levies
Summary
Gallatin County commissioners adopted the county's FY2026 final operating and capital budget, approved statutory conversions for voter-approved mills required by 2025 legislation, and set FY26 mill levies. The meeting included approvals of permissive levies for medical benefits and the sheriff's retirement system.
Gallatin County commissioners voted Aug. 26 to adopt the county's FY2026 final operating and capital budget and to implement conversion methods for voter-approved mills required by recent state legislation.
Chief Financial Officer Justine Swanson told the commission the county proceeded under two conversion methods permitted by the legislature: one method applies the MCA 15-10-420 inflation-limiter formula (half the average annual inflation over three years), and the other converts last year's dollar levy to a new mills figure using this year's taxable value. "For FY '26, if you pass the resolution, there would be $2,793,740 for conservation projects and $931,246…
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