Calumet Montana Refining said on Oct. 22 that it had reached a settlement with the Montana Department of Revenue over a multi-year tax dispute. Calumet said it reached an agreement over the “fair market value” of the refinery for tax years 2022-2005 in September. The DOR has not responded to The Electric seeking confirmation and additional details. Cascade County Commissioner
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Updated Oct. 21 City staff are proposing the creation of a tax increment advisory committee to comply with a new state law that went into effect Oct. 1. They’re also proposing that those who already serve on another city board be able to serve on the TIF board since “many qualified professionals with TIF, land use or similar experience or
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The Berkshire Hathaway Energy Foundation has donated $1.4 million to Great Falls College Montana State University to establish a first-of-its-kind grid operator training program. The donation will fund the creation of a full-scale grid operations training center on the Great Falls campus, marking the first time a U.S. grid operator program will feature a dedicated on-campus training facility, according to
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The city planning board unanimously voted to recommend annexation and zoning for a proposed 154-pad manufactured home park at 4600 7th Ave. N. on the east end of Great Falls during their Oct. 14 meeting. The proposal for IX Blessings development includes annexing about 25 acres and assigning R-10 mobile home park zoning for the establishment of 154 manufactured home
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Cascade County Commissioners affirmed the county’s Zoning Board of Adjustment’s issuance of a special use permit for a multi-sports facility on Gore Hill during an Oct. 9 special meeting. The ZBOA approved the permit during a July 17 meeting to TNT Sports for a multi-sports training facility and batting cage business on 49th Street Southwest. TNT Sports is Jen and
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The city planning board will consider amending an existing conditional use permit for Ponderosa Solutions during their Sept. 23 meeting. City Commissioners will consider the request for final approval in the near future. Commissioners approved a conditional use permit to allow Ponderosa to handle a hazardous substance in the AgriTech Park in April 2024. The permit allows the handling of
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The city planning board will consider a conditional use permit during their Sept. 23 meeting for Verizon Wireless to construct a “concealed telecommunication facility” within Dudley Anderson Park. The park is located at 701 33rd S. S. is about six acres with the recently rehabilitated water tank behind Fuddruckers and the U.S. Post Office. Verizon is proposing to install a
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City staff reviewed the options for using tax increment financing funds toward workforce housing and determined it doesn’t really meet the identified need of filling upper downtown floors, but commissioners instructed staff to continue working on making it an available tool for property owners and developers. In March, representatives from Great Falls Development Alliance, NeighborWorks Great Falls, Home Builders Association of Great Falls and
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The city planning board voted unanimously during their Sept. 9 meeting to recommend approval of up to $300,000 in airport tax increment financing funds toward the second phase of commercial and industrial development on the 300 acres of airport owned land west of the county jail. That’s the maximum available in the Great Falls International Airport Tax Increment Financing Industrial
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City Commissioners unanimously approved annexation and zoning during their Aug. 19 meeting for a new single family residential subdivision south of the main Peak location. The proposal for Peace Harbor subdivision from KIB Homes would create 30 single family lots in the first phase, with a total of 67 single family lots over two phases. The city planning board voted unanimously
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