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Roosevelt County adopts FY202526ndash;26 operating budget, reports property-tax impacts
Summary
The Board adopted Resolution 2026-4 to approve the final operating budget for FY202526ndash;26; the resolution specifies increases in county property taxes and reports the dollar impacts for homes valued at $100,000, $300,000 and $600,000.
Roosevelt County commissioners adopted Resolution 2026-4 at a special public meeting Sept. 3 to approve the final operating budget and set appropriation authority for fiscal year July 1, 202526ndash;June 30, 2026. Commissioner Robert Toavs moved to approve the resolution and Commissioner Doug Marottek seconded; the motion passed.
The resolution cites statutory requirements (Section 7-6-4030, MCA; Sections 7-6-4020, 7-6-4021 and 7-6-4024, MCA) and states the resolution includes an increase in countywide property taxes calculated under MCA 15-10-420. It lists the per-home increases due to permissive levy and jail bond levy as $7.39 (for $100,000), $22.16 (for $300,000) and $44.30 (for $600,000). The effective date of the resolution is July 1, 2025, even though adoption occurred after that date.
Meeting attendees included Commissioners Gordon Oelkers, Robert Toavs and Doug Marottek and Clerk and Recorder Tracy Miranda. The transcript records that the Board reviewed estimated ending cash balances, made changes after public hearing(s) and adopted the final budget by resolution; detailed fund-level appropriation tables are referenced as part of the formal budget document but not printed in the meeting record.
