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Missoula County corrects impact-fee procedures, restores nonresidential fees to per‑1,000‑sq‑ft basis
Summary
Commissioners adopted a resolution to correct a 2024 procedural error that had recorded nonresidential development impact fees as flat fees; staff and the Impact Fee Advisory Committee recommended restoring the original per-1,000-square-foot fee structure.
Missoula County commissioners voted to adopt a resolution that corrects an error in the county's 2024 procedures document and restores nonresidential development impact fees to the per-1,000-square-foot basis originally adopted in 2023.
Karen Hughes explained the change, saying, "we made a mistake and adopted them as flat fees instead of as a per 1,000 square foot." She told commissioners the Impact Fee Advisory Committee reviewed the proposed correction on Dec. 3 and unanimously recommended reverting to the original fee format. Hughes said the correction affects only the procedures resolution and does not change the fee amounts that the 2023 adoption established, rather it returns the calculation method to the originally intended per-1,000-square-foot basis.
Chief Frisbie of the Bridgetown Rural Fire District addressed the commission in support, asking that the county approve the correction consistent with the prior resolution and committee recommendation. A commissioner moved to approve the resolution and to repeal resolution 2025-91; a second was recorded, there was no additional public comment, and the board voted aye to adopt the correction.
The resolution paperwork will replace the procedural language that had inadvertently listed nonresidential fees as flat amounts. The county said the change followed committee review and staff comparison to the original 2023 impact-fee resolution.
