The easiest way is to look at your tax bill online. Members will have the assessment on their tax bill. Assessments are listed separately below the General Tax Detail under Special Assessments.

The Seeley Lake Refuse District fee will be listed as as "SLR SEELEY LK REFUSE" on real property tax bills, and "SLRM SEELEY LAKE REFUSE MOB" on mobile home tax bills. 

The annual assessment provides for the disposal of the first ten cubic yards of ordinary household or business trash. Certain other items are assessed fees according to the published fee schedule.

Site permits are issued annually beginning January 1 and may be issued at any time during the calendar year. Please bring a current ownership ID for the district property. Acceptable forms of ID include: a current driver’s license, property tax bill, lease agreement, or a utility bill in your name with the physical address.

Site use is tracked for each district property. The site permit tag, reissued annually, identifies the district member’s property to the site attendant for recording usage for each site visit.

Anyone can use the container site. Out of district customers pay fees on site, by cash or check, according to the published fee schedule.

No, residents who live within the district pay taxes towards it regardless of use.

The Seeley Lake Refuse District was created as a solid waste district by resolution 74-207 of the Missoula Board of County Commissioners in October 1974 and amended by resolutions 83-04 in January 1983 and 2011-67 in May 2011. The origin of the solid waste district was to address the improper storage, collection, and disposal of refuse to limit the spread of disease and mitigate air and water pollution. The district boundaries coincide with the geographic boundaries of Elementary School District 34. 

Prior to July 2005, the district functioned as an independent unit of Missoula County, governed by its own board.  At that time the district was uniformly folded into the local government of Missoula County, with the Auditor’s Office overseeing financial reports and the employees of the district becoming employees of Missoula County.  In October 2009, the district formally became a division of the Missoula County Public Works Department.  Finally, in May of 2011, due to changes in Montana law, the Missoula Board of County Commissioners assumed governance of the district. Republic Services of Missoula took over the on-site management in December 2015.