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Home My WebLink About2017 Coordinated Election Composite Sample Ballot7 �IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ■ Composite Ballot for Coordinated Election 4- Ballot Style: Composite Ballot Eagle County, Colorado - Tuesday, November 7, 2017 Regina O'Brien, Clerk and Recorder WARNING: Any person who, by use of force or other means, unduly influences an eligible elector to vote in any particular manner or to refrain from voting, or who falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any mail ballot before or after it has been cast, or who destroys, defaces, mutilates, or tampers with a ballot is subject, upon conviction, to imprisonment, or to a fine, or both. Section 1-7.5-107(3)(b), C.R.S. Instructions to Voters: • • • • RED CLIFF 1. Mark your ballot with blue or black ink. 2. If you make a mistake, do not cross out or erase BALLOT QUESTION 2A BALLOT ISSUE 2F errors. Contact your Clerk and Recorder to obtain a replacement ballot. Shall the Town of Minturn, without increasing taxes by SHALL THE TOWN OF RED CLIFF'S TAXES BE 3. To vote for a named candidate, completely fill the this measure, and to restore local authority that was INCREASED BY $12,000.00 ANNUALLY (FIRST FULL oval to the left of our choice. denied to local governments by the Colorado General FISCAL YEAR INCREASE) AND BY WHATEVER Assembly and foster a more competitive marketplace, be AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER authorized to provide high-speed internet, including THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF A USE TAX ON THE O improved high bandwidth services based on new PRIVILEGE OF USING OR CONSUMING IN THE _7t�_technologies, telecommunications services, and/or cable TOWN OF RED CLIFF ANY CONSTRUCTION AND television services to residents, businesses, schools, libraries, non-profit entities, and other users of such BUILDING MATERIALS PURCHASED AT RETAIL OUTSIDE OF THE TOWN LIMITS, FOR PROJECTS • •' ' • • • • ' ' • • ' services either directly or indirectly with public or private REQUIRING A BUILDING PERMIT, AT THE RATE OF sector partners, as expressly permitted by article 27, title THREE PERCENT (3%) OF THE RETAIL COST OF 29 of the Colorado Revised Statutes? SUCH GOODS, AND SHALL THE TOWN BE DISTRICT NO. 1 AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT AND SPEND SUCH Four Year Term of Office (Vote for One) REVENUES AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE 0 YES/ FOR CHANGE NOTWITHSTANDING ANY REVENUE OR EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN 0 Charles Cunniffe 0 N0/ AGAINST ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO • • • CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? DISTRICT NO.3 Four Year Term of Office (Vote for One) BALLOT QUESTION 2B - Broadband Service 0 YES / FOR Authorization 0 Peg Portscheller 0 NO/AGAINST 0 Randy Winkler Without increasing taxes, shall the Town of Avon have BALLOT QUESTION 2G the authority to provide, facilitate, partner or coordinate with service providers for the provision of, "advanced Shall the limitations on terms of office of elected DISTRICT NO.7 Four Year Term of Office (Vote for One) (high-speed internet) service," "cable television service," members of the Board of Trustees and the office of and "telecommunication service," either directly, Mayor of the Town of Red Cliff, Colorado, be eliminated indirectly, or by contract, to residential, commercial, pursuant to Article XVIII, Section 11 (2) of the Colorado Doris Dewton nonprofit, government or other "subscribers" and to Constitution? acquire, operate and maintain any facility for the purpose COUNTYEAGLE • • of providing such services, and thereby restoring local 0 YES / FOR SCHOOL BOARD • ' authority and flexibility that was restricted by Title 29, Article 27, Part 1 of the Colorado Revised Statutes? 0 YES/ FORCOLORADO 0 NO/AGAINST • •LLEGE District B - Four Year Term (Vote for One) 0 Kate Cocchiarella (1 N0 / AGAINST • OF BALLOT ISSUE NO. 4B SHALL COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE District E - Four Year Term (Vote for One) DISTRICT'S TAXES BE INCREASED BY AN AMOUNT BALLOT QUESTION 2C - Broadband Services 0 Inga Haagenson Causey NOT TO EXCEED $50,000 IN DISTRICT -WIDE TAXES Without increasing taxes by this measure, shall the LEVIED IN 2017 AND COLLECTED IN 2018, AND BY SUCH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS AS MAY BE District F - Four Year Term (Vote for One) citizens of the Town of Eagle, Colorado, reestablish the COLLECTED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BY 0 Melisa Rewold-Thuon Town's authority to provide all services restricted since INCREASING THE DISTRICT'S MILL LEVY TO 2005 by Article 27 of Title 29 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, described as "advanced services", RECOVER TAX REVENUE REDUCTIONS CAUSED BY DECREASES IN THE STATE-WIDE RESIDENTIAL District G - Four Year Term (Vote for One) "telecommunication services", and "cable television ASSESSMENT RATIO (ARTICLE X, SECTION 3 OF 0 Matthew A. Koch services", including any new and improved high THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, COMMONLY bandwidth services based on future technologies, directly KNOWN AS THE "GALLAGHER AMENDMENT") 0 Michele "Shelly" Jarnot or indirectly, with public and/or private sector partners, to OCCURRING AFTER JANUARY 1, 2017, SO LONG AS residents, businesses, schools, libraries, healthcare THE DISTRICT'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES COUNTYEAGLE facilities, non-profit entities, and other users of such DETERMINES FOR ANY FISCAL YEAR THAT services located within the boundaries of the Town of RECOVERY OF TAX REVENUE REDUCTIONS IS BALLOT ISSUE 1A - Funding to Support Eagle? NECESSARY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF COLLEGE Mental Health and Substance Abuse SERVICES, AND SHALL THE REVENUES Services in Eagle County Through the 0 YES / FOR GENERATED BY ANY SUCH MILL LEVY INCREASE Taxation of Retail Marijuana NO / AGAINST BE COLLECTED, RETAINED AND SPENT 0 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LIMITS PROVIDED BY SHALL EAGLE COUNTY TAXES BE INCREASED BY LAW? BALLOT ISSUE 2D AN ESTIMATED $1,200,000 IN THE FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2018, AND SHALL THE TOWN OF EAGLE'S TAXES BE 0 YES / FOR BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY INCREASED BY $200,000.00 ANNUALLY (FIRST FULL THEREAFTER, WITH THE FIRST $1,200,000 RAISED FISCAL YEAR INCREASE) AND BY WHATEVER 0 NO/AGAINST EACH YEAR GOING TO FUND MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, BY IMPOSING A TAX THEREAFTER, BY IMPOSING A TAX OF 2.5% EAGLE CEMETERY DISTRICT OF UP TO 5% IN 2018 ON THE SALE OF RETAIL COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2018 ON THE SALE OF BALLOT ISSUE 5A MARIJUANA AND RETAIL MARIJUANA PRODUCTS, RETAIL MARIJUANA AND RETAIL MARIJUANA AND AN EXCISE TAX OF UP TO 5% IN 2018 OF THE PRODUCTS, AND AN EXCISE TAX OF 2.5% AVERAGE MARKET RATE OR OTHER CALCULATION COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2018 ON THE AVERAGE SHALL THE EAGLE CEMETERY DISTRICT'S TAXES METHOD ALLOWED BY LAW OF UNPROCESSED MARKET RATE OR OTHER CALCULATION METHOD BE INCREASED $40,670 ANNUALLY, COMMENCING RETAIL MARIJUANA UPON THE FIRST SALE OR ALLOWED BY LAW OF UNPROCESSED RETAIL IN 2018, OR BY SUCH AMOUNT AS MAY BE RAISED TRANSFER BY A RETAIL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION MARIJUANA UPON THE FIRST SALE OR TRANSFER ANNUALLY BY THE IMPOSITION OF AN ADDITIONAL FACILITY; AND SHALL THE RESULTING REVENUE BY A RETAIL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITY, AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 0.184 MILLS, BE ALLOWED TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY WITH BOTH RATES BEING ALLOWED TO INCREASE IN ORDER TO PAY GENERAL OPERATING AND THE COUNTY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER .5% EACH YEAR THEREAFTER WITHOUT FURTHER CAPITAL NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT FOR THE LIMITATIONS PROVIDED BY LAW? VOTER APPROVAL SO LONG AS EACH RATE DOES PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING, IMPROVING, NOT EXCEED 5%; AND SHALL THE TOWN OF PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THE EAGLE EAGLE'S OCCUPATION TAX ON RETAIL MARIJUANA CEMETERY DISTRICT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, 0 YES/ FOR BUSINESSES SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 5.16 OF THE RESULTING IN A TOTAL DISTRICT PROPERTY TAX EAGLE MUNICIPAL CODE BE REPEALED; AND RATE OF 0.45 MILLS, EXCLUSIVE OF REFUNDS, O N01 AGAINST SHALL THE TOWN BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT ABATEMENTS OR DEBT SERVICE, (PROVIDED THAT AND SPEND SUCH REVENUES AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE, SUCH MAXIMUM MILL LEVY SHALL BE ADJUSTED UP OR DOWN TO ACCOUNT FOR CHANGES IN LAW BALLOT QUESTION 1B -Broadband Service Authorization NOTWITHSTANDING ANY REVENUE OR OR THE METHOD BY WHICH ASSESSED VALUATION EXPENDITURE LIMITATION CONTAINED IN ARTICLE IS CALCULATED OCCURRING AFTER 2017, SO THAT Without increasing taxes, shall Eagle County have the X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, THE ACTUAL TAX right to provide advanced services (high speed internet), OR ANY OTHER LAW AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS OR REVENUES GENERATED BY THE MILL LEVY, AS cable television services, and telecommunications AS IT MAY BE AMENDED IN THE FUTURE AND ADJUSTED, ARE NEITHER DIMINISHED NOR services, either directly or indirectly with public and/or WITHOUT LIMITING IN ANY YEAR THE AMOUNT OF ENHANCED AS A RESULT OF SUCH CHANGES) AND private sector partners, to residents, businesses, schools, OTHER REVENUES THAT MAY BE COLLECTED AND SHALL THE DISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED TO libraries, health care facilities, nonprofit entities, and SPENT BY THE TOWN OF EAGLE? COLLECT, RETAIN AND SPEND ALL REVENUES AND other users of such services located within the 0 YES / FOR OTHER FUNDS RECEIVED FROM ALL SOURCES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION GRANTS, FEES, boundaries of unincorporated Eagle County as expressly AND THE DISTRICT'S TOTAL GENERAL OPERATING permitted by Title 29, Article 27 of the Colorado Revised (� NO/AGAINST PROPERTY TAX, COMMENCING AS OF JANUARY 1, Statutes? 2018 AND CONTINUING IN EACH YEAR • OF THEREAFTER, AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITS 0 YES/ FOR BALLOT QUESTION 2E THAT WOULD OTHERWISE APPLY UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION 0 NO/AGAINST Without increasing taxes, shall the Town of Gypsum, in OR ANY OTHER LAW, AND AS A PERMANENT the exercise of its local home -ruled authority, have the right to provide advanced service (high speed internet), WAIVER OF THE 5.5% LIMITATION UNDER SECTION 29-1-301, C.R.S.? cable television service, or telecommunication service, directly or indirectly with public and/or private sector 0 YES / FOR partners, to residents, businesses, schools, libraries, health care facilities, nonprofit entities, and other users of 0 NO/AGAINST such services located within the boundaries of the Town of Gypsum as expressly permitted by Title 29, Article 27 of the Colorado Revised Statutes? 0 Yes 0 No I' '1 �IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII