CityBudget

City budget

The City of Great Falls operates on a fiscal year running July 1 to June 30. The budget is adopted by resolution of the CityCommission after a public hearing, and the AnnualTaxLevy follows a fortnight later.

The cycle

As the Finance Director set it out at the FY2027 hearing:

January — the Commission meets for its priorities retreat; see CommissionPriorities. Formally this precedes the budget process, but it is a critical element of it. See SpecialWorkSession2026-01-28
Spring — departments develop requested budgets; department presentations to the Commission at a special work session. See SpecialWorkSession2026-04-20
Early summer — the CityManager develops the proposed budget; individual budget presentations for MunicipalCourt and the GreatFallsPublicLibrary at work sessions
July — the full proposed budget is presented at a work session and the budget hearing is set
First August meeting — public hearings on the intent to increase property tax and on the annual budget resolution
Second August meeting — public hearings on the assessment resolutions for each district, and the annual tax levy

Recent adoptions

FY2026 — Resolution10579, adopted at CityCommission2025-08-05
FY2027 — Resolution10635, adopted at CityCommission2026-08-04 after an amendment failed

The AnnualComprehensiveFinancialReport closes the loop the following winter.

Budget: https://greatfallsmt.gov/350/Budget FY 2026-27 Budget: https://greatfallsmt.gov/1136/FY-2026-27-Budget

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