City Commissioners approved their tax levies during their Sept. 5 meeting. City officials typically set their mill levies in August, but delayed the decision while awaiting details on a potential tax appeal from Calumet and Montana Renewables. The city received its taxable valuation from the Montana Department of Revenue on Aug. 7. This year, the city’s total mill levy is
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City Commissioners will be asked to set taxes during their Sept. 5 meeting. City officials typically set their mill levies in August, but delayed the decision while awaiting details on a potential tax appeal from Calumet and Montana Renewables. The city received its taxable valuation from the Montana Department of Revenue on Aug. 7. This year, the city’s total mill
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The Great Falls Animal Shelter is proposing changes to their fee structure. City Commissioner will review the proposed changes on first read during their Sept. 5 meeting and be asked to set a public hearing for Sept. 19. The proposed changes “reflect the increasing costs of providing services to the public while recouping some of the costs to provide those
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Updated 4 p.m. Sept. 5 During their Sept. 5 meeting, City Commissioners will hold three public hearings on proposed fee increases related to land development. In August, they decided to delay those hearings to give more time for the development community to review the proposals and discuss them with city staff. City staff told commissioners last summer during the budget
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City Commissioners approved several assessments during their Aug. 15 meeting. They set the boulevard district, park district, street maintenance district, special improvement lighting districts and the Portage Meadows assessments. City officials had initially planned to set the general property tax mill levy and permissive medical levy during this week’s meeting, but have opted to wait until the Sept. 5 meeting
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City Commissioners will be asked to set several assessments during their Aug. 15 meeting. They’ll be asked to set the boulevard district, park district, street maintenance district, special improvement lighting districts and the Portage Meadows assessments. City officials had initially planned to set the general property tax mill levy and permissive medical levy during this week’s meeting, but have opted
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City staff are hosting an open house at 9 a.m. Aug. 11 in the Gibson Room at the Civic Center to discuss the proposed development fee changes. A second open house is set for 11 a.m. Aug. 15. The open houses will include a brief presentation and provide an opportunity to discuss the proposed changes with City staff. For members
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During their Aug. 1 meeting, City Commissioners unanimously approved a labor agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No. 233. The union consists of four employees across two departments, planning and public works. The agreement runs July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025. City approves labor agreement The new agreement increased meal reimbursements to $15 per meal,
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City Commissioners were asked during their Aug. 1 meeting to set three public hearings for Aug. 15 on proposed fee increases related to land development. Instead they set the public hearings for Sept. 5. City staff told commissioners last summer during the budget process that they needed to look at adjusting those fees and during the budget process this summer,
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During their Aug. 1 meeting, City Commissioners will be asked to set three public hearings for Aug. 15 related to proposed fee increases for land development reviews. The first pertains to engineering reviews of building and parking lot permit applications. The engineering division of the city’s public works department reviews those applications to ensure proposed improvements within the adjacent right-of-way
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