Each August the CityCommission fixes the City's property tax levy for the fiscal year by resolution, after the CityBudget is adopted and after separate hearings on each assessed district.
At the first August meeting, the Commission hears the intent to increase property tax and then the annual budget resolution. At the second August meeting it hears each assessment resolution in turn and then adopts the annual tax levy.
2025 — assessments at CityCommission2025-08-19: the General Boulevard District No. 3570 (Resolution 10585), ParkDistrictNumberOne (10586), the special improvement lighting districts (10587), the Portage Meadows Maintenance District No. 1195 (10588) and the StreetMaintenanceDistrict (10591). All carried 5-0. Resolution 10599 recalibrated the LibraryMillLevy under House Bill 231, carrying 4-1. Resolution10582, the annual tax levy, carried 5-0.
2026 — the same sequence at CityCommission2026-08-18: Resolutions 10640, 10641, 10642, 10643 and 10644. The General Boulevard District carried 3-1 with Commissioner Tryon dissenting; the rest carried 4-0. Resolution 10637, the annual tax levy, carried 4-0.
The BusinessImprovementDistrict and TourismBusinessImprovementDistrict assessments run on a separate track and are levied in September.
Montana's 2025 tax legislation, House Bill 231 and Senate Bill 542, cut mill values and forced jurisdictions with fixed mill limits to recalibrate. See LibraryMillLevy. The property tax burden is a standing subject of public comment at these hearings.
Resolutions: https://greatfallsmt.gov/257/Resolutions City assessments: https://greatfallsmt.gov/537/City-Assessments