Commissioners' Public Meeting, September 3, 2026
Approved: Adoption of FY2027 Missoula County Budget and Large Taxpayer Reserve Account, unanimous
What happened
On September 3, 2026, Missoula County approved Adoption of FY2027 Missoula County Budget and Large Taxpayer Reserve Account (unanimous).
This was a Missoula County Commissioners' public meeting focused on adopting the FY2027 final budget; no zoning, rezoning, or specific development entitlements were considered.
- Jurisdiction
- Missoula County, MT
- Date
- September 3, 2026
- Decisions
- 1 zoning decision
- Outcome
- Approved, unanimous
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Adoption of FY2027 Missoula County Budget and Large Taxpayer Reserve Account
The Commission voted to close the FY2027 budget hearings (including special districts, RSIDs, permissive medical, permissive sheriff retirement levies), adopt the FY2027 budget resolutions setting mill levies (~183 mills countywide), revenues (~$225 million) and expenditures (~$220 million), and to...
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Adoption of FY2027 Missoula County Budget and Large Taxpayer Reserve Account
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Who spoke
10 distinct speakers; 3 identified names.
All speaker roles: 3 Commissioner, 2 Staff, 1 Unknown, 3 Public, 1 Chair.
Identified name roles: 2 Commissioner, 1 Staff.
Speaker sample: Chris Lonsbury, Staff.
2 more identified names in Pro: 2 Commissioner.
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11 recorded timestamps
- approved (7 timestamps)
- residential (2 timestamps)
- public hearing (1 timestamps)
- deferred (1 timestamps)
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