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Billings council declines to direct staff to draft ordinance on HB 231 mill allocations
Summary
Council debated whether to enshrine how roughly 34.71 mills created by HB 231 should be allocated by fund; a motion to direct staff to bring back an ordinance failed on a voice vote after a split among council members.
Billings — The city council debated how to treat an estimated 34.71 mills created by the state’s HB 231 and voted down a motion to ask staff to draft an ordinance to define how those mills should be allocated.
Staff corrected an earlier packet error and sought policy direction on whether the council wanted a formal ordinance, which proponents said would protect voter intent by keeping new mill revenue aligned with existing…
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