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Assessor
Dan Fisher
(406) 497-6290
Fax: (406) 497-6328
Email
The Assessor is responsible for assessing personal property and business taxes, keeps tax parcels and records, checks records for accuracy, issues refunds, and submits state reports for the Department of Revenue.
The Assessor is an elected position. The Assessor's Office is located in the Courthouse, Room 203, 155 West Granite Street, Butte, Montana 59701.
Auditor
Danette Harrington
(406) 497-6205
Fax: (406) 497-6328
Email
The Auditor's Office provides the City and County of Butte-Silver Bow with an internal auditing capacity. The Auditor is required by law to examine all accounts and payrolls of Butte-Silver Bow. Internal audits are also required of certain smaller school districts with the County.
The Auditor is an elected position.
The Auditor's Office is located in the Courthouse, 155 West Granite, Room 103
Clerk and Recorder
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Sally Hollis
Courthouse, Room 208
155 W. Granite St.
Telephone: (406) 497-6335
Fax: (406) 497-6328
Email
The Clerk and Recorder is responsible for maintaining the official records of the city and county of Butte-Silver Bow and also serves as the government's chief election officer. The Clerk and Recorder processes all vouchers and writes warrants approved by the Council of Commissioners' Finance and Budget Committee.
The Clerk and Recorder is an elected position. The Clerk and Recorder's office is located in the Courthouse, 155 West Granite Street, Room 208. Phone (406) 497-6344 (election or voting), 497-6345 (official records); 497-6336 (land ownership).
Forms to register to vote, change your name or address (for voting), or request an absentee ballot are available from the
State of Montana's web site.
Finance and Budget
Director Jeff Amerman
(406) 497-6320
Fax: (406) 497-6328
Email
The Butte-Silver Bow Finance Office has received the highest possible rating from the Government Finance Officers' Association. The Finance & Budget Office is dedicated to providing efficient cost savings for the City-County. The office is responsible for annual finance reporting of the City-County's expenditures.
The Budget & Finance Office provides the following internal services: Accounting Budgeting, Investments, Asset Management, Purchasing/Payments, and Computer Services (MIS).
The Budget Office is located at the Courthouse, Room 207.
2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) PDF 3.37MB
Land Records
Director: Robert A. Macioroski
Courthouse, Room 208
155 W. Granite St.
Telephone: (406) 497-6336
Fax: (406) 497-6328
Email
The Butte-Silver Bow Land Records Office was established as a result of the Local Government Study Commission and subsequent public vote for the creation of the Land Records Office in November 1996.
The Butte-Silver Bow Land Records Office is responsible for the modernization and maintenance of all land records and tracking of property ownership through GIS (Geographic Information System) in Butte-Silver Bow County. All land-related work, including cadastral mapping, property ownership transfers, delinquent property tax parcel management, property ownership codes, property addressing, SID (Special Improvement Districts) management, and the sale of County-owned property under the Council of Commissioners' Adjacent Landowner Policy [PDF/64KB] are done by the Land Records Office.
Cadastral mapping comes from the word Cadastre, which means “Tax Rolls”. This is based on fee ownership of land, so that a cadastral map is actually an ownership map showing property boundaries in relationship to other geographical features such as roads, streams, or any other physical element that may affect ownership. The ownership mapping in Butte is incredibly difficult, considering the mining history of the city. Mining claims are overlaid by city lots and blocks, road right-of-ways, railroad right-of-ways, and an assortment of metes & bounds surveys, making the mapping of Butte area property boundaries one of the most difficult in the northwestern United States.
In the fall of 1994, the first section of land (1 square mile) of the uptown area of Butte was converted to GIS. Linking CAMA (Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal) data from the Silver Bow Appraisal/Assessment Office with the cadastral map showed unlimited potential to the data queries that could be done. In early 2002, cadastral mapping of the entire county was completed, making county-wide data queries possible. Now, with the Montana Department of Administration’s Cadastral web site, this information is available to the public.
MIS (Managemant Information Systems)
Director: Linda Sajor-Joyce
Courthouse, Room 205
(406) 497-6450
Email
The MIS Department provides computer support and management services to the Departments within Butte-Silver Bow Government. Services provided include:
- PC hardware and software support
- Server management
- Network (LAN & WAN) operations and security
- Corporate database management
- Telecommunications (voice and data)
- Email and Internet support
Our network is Windows-based and includes several independent LANs. Along with support for our intranet, we provide communications and support for systems connecting to the State of Montana and the Internet.
Employees:
- Linda Sajor-Joyce, Director
- Alyson Harvey-Williams, Computer Analyst
- Chad Tipton, Programmer
Personnel
Director: Lindsey Ide
Courthouse, Room 209
155 W. Granite St.
(406) 497-6430
Email
The mission of the Personnel Office is to develop and administer a sound program of personnel administration and employee relations. Activities include: contract negotiations; contract drafting; employee relations; personnel records; compliance reviews; drafting personnel policies; health insurance administration; interviews; drafting job descriptions; and risk management and workers' compensation administration. The Personnel office is located in the Courthouse, Room 209. Telephone: (406) 497-6430.
- Personnel Director: Lindsey Ide
- Safety & Risk Manager: Cinda Seys
- Personnel Analyst: Vacant
- Administrative Specialist: Michele Shea
View Job Postings and forms
Butte-Silver Bow is an equal opportunity employer.
Treasurer
Pat Callaghan
The Treasurer serves as custodian for all public funds within the City
and County of Butte-Silver Bow. The activities of the office include collection
of real and personal property taxes; motor vehicle, business
and animal licensing ; distribution of tax collections among the various
applicable jurisdictions within the County; investment of idle government
funds; and various reporting functions. The Treasurer is an elected position.
The Treasurer's office is located in the Courthouse, 155 West Granite,
Room 206. Office hours are 8 am to 5 pm, with no noon closure.
The State of Montana Motor Vehicle Licensing is open to the public from
8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Business License Application form
Business Personal Property Reporting Form
Phone:
- (406) 497-6300 (General)
- 497-6302 (Business Licenses)
- 497-6301 (Motor Vehicles)
- 497-6303 (Taxes)
Contact Information
General contact information for the Butte-Silver Bow Courthouse.
Postal address:
155 West Granite Street
Butte, MT 59701
Telephone: (406) 497-6200
FAX: (406) 497-6328
Chief Executive Paul Babb
The governments of the city of Butte and Silver Bow County combined in 1977. The government is lead by the Chief Executive, Paul Babb and a 12-member Council of Commissioners.
Our Office hours are 8am to 5pm (with the exception of the Treasurer's office) with no noon closure.
The Treasurer's office is open 8am to 5pm for all matters (including tax payments). State Motor Vehicle Licensing is open 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Essential Public Works Services, (water, sewer, and road maintenance) are available 24 hours, seven days a week.
- To report a water problem, dial 497-6540;
- A sewer problem, 497-6550;
- A road maintenance or animal control problem, 497-6565
The function of the Butte-Silver Bow Government is to serve the citizens of the city of Butte and Silver Bow County. Our government's goal is to improve and maintain governmental operations and conditions within the boundaries of Silver Bow County.
