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Commissioners commit budgeted revenue to Glacier County fire departments
Summary
On a resolution introduced by county finance staff on the phone, the board moved budgeted mills revenue from the general fund into committed reserves for county fire departments after a tax‑module loading error; the resolution was approved as a non‑budget modification.
Chancy, appearing by phone, explained a resolution intended to correct a tax‑module loading error that had placed budgeted mill revenue for Glacier County fire protection districts into the general fund instead of routing it to the fire districts. The proposed resolution—identified in the meeting as resolution 2026‑08—commits that already‑approved budget revenue to the fire departments so they can carry reserves without risk of recapture by the general fund.
Chancy explained this is not a budget modification; the funds were included in the approved budget but were not loaded into the county’s tax module in time, which moved the revenue into the general fund. The resolution simply commits the revenue to the fire protection funds so they can be held as intended. Commissioners asked clarifying questions about the process and were told the issue arose in the Shelby DOR office and that county staff had attempted to load the districts into the tax module.
Commissioner (speaker 4) moved for adoption of the resolution; the board voted in favor. The resolution will allow the fire departments to carry the allocated reserves and will be unnecessary once the tax module is corrected in subsequent budget cycles and departments are properly loaded into the system.
