The county received a total of $12 million in federal money from the Local Consistency and Tribal Fund in fiscal years 2022 and 2023. Some of the money from it was used to help balance this year’s budget. Hammons said the hope for the rest of the money is to invest it.
The bill, which is expected to arrive in February or March, is the result of 49 Montana counties losing a battle with the state over how many mills it could levy.