Interesting Phone Calls

Budget, Communication, Education, Realtor, Website
In the past few weeks, I've gotten 2 phone calls from individuals with questions about property taxes.  One was from a prospective property buyer, one was from a realtor who was asking questions on behalf of a client.  It seems as though every few years I get a number of these calls, so I thought I'd post about the issue. On property tax bills, especially for homes or other "real" property, there is a line item for Soil and Water Conservation District or other similar description.  This amount varies by property value--as do most tax line items--and is really not much in general.  For most homeowners, the amount is about the cost of a pizza every year.   With those funds, the Conservation District Board of Supervisors--a seven member board…
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Training in Kalispell…

Training, Website
Recently I got to spend the day out of the office, going to a training on WordPress in order to re-vamp the District's website.  While I am not a fan of summer, this was a beautiful drive from Helena, over Mac Pass and up the Seeley Swan.  The West side is even drier than the East side this year it appears. I got to see the newest fire area west of Colorado Gulch--still smoking!!!! The CD will soon be branching into a new arena of social networking.  Look for us on Facebook soon! [caption id="attachment_129" align="alignnone" width="300"] A view toward the Helena Valley from the scenic view pull-off on MacDonald Pass[/caption]
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