Glossary

The vocabulary you need to read a Great Falls agenda packet.

ACFR — Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. The City's audited annual financial statements, presented to the Commission each January or thereabouts. See CityBudget
BID — Business Improvement District, a self-assessing downtown district. See BusinessImprovementDistrict
CDBG — Community Development Block Grant, federal money passed through the City. See CommunityDevelopmentBlockGrant
COS — Certificate of Survey. Land is often described in resolutions as "Tract 1 of COS 3779"
CUP — Conditional Use Permit. A use allowed in a zoning district only with specific Commission approval, granted by resolution
FLUM — Future Land Use Map, the map component of the growth policy. See FutureGreatFalls2045
GFFR — Great Falls Fire Rescue. See FireRescue
GFPD — Great Falls Police Department. See PoliceDepartment
GFPS — Great Falls Public Schools. See GfpsBoardOfTrustees
INTERCAP — the Montana Board of Investments loan programme local governments borrow from for capital work
MAFB — Malmstrom Air Force Base. See MalmstromAirForceBase
MCA — Montana Code Annotated, the state statutes
MDT — Montana Department of Transportation
MLUPA — Montana Land Use Planning Act. See MontanaLandUsePlanningAct
MPO — Metropolitan Planning Organization, the regional transportation planning body. See MetropolitanPlanningOrganization
OCCGF — Official Code of the City of Great Falls, the municipal code. See OfficialCode
OCI — Overall Condition Index, the street pavement rating the Public Works department reports on
OF — Office File number. Many capital project items carry one, printed in the agenda item title as "OF 1862.0"
PUD — Planned Unit Development, a negotiated zoning classification assigned by ordinance
SCIR — Strategic Capital Investment Reserve. See StrategicCapitalInvestmentReserve
SID — Special Improvement District, a district that assesses property owners for a specific improvement
SIC — Safety Inspection Certificate, the fire code inspection programme
SRF — State Revolving Fund, the state loan programme for water and sewer work
TBID — Tourism Business Improvement District. See TourismBusinessImprovementDistrict
TIF — Tax Increment Financing. See TaxIncrementFinancing

Ordinances change the OfficialCode and take two readings and a public hearing. Resolutions are one-off acts — a fee schedule, a levy, a permit, a lease — and take one. Both are numbered in unbroken sequences; the City posts them by year.

Ordinances: https://greatfallsmt.gov/260/Ordinances Resolutions: https://greatfallsmt.gov/257/Resolutions

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