Pros, cons about Pitkin County ballot issues being collected 

Local election officials are calling for public comments detailing the potential pros and cons of 16 ballot tax issues in the Pitkin County Coordinated Election on Nov. 4. 

The comments collected from the public will be published in the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) Notice and mailed to voters 30-days before the November election. 

“The Clerk and Recorder Office is required by the Colorado Constitution to publish a TABOR Notice for ballot tax issues,” said Pitkin County Clerk and Recorder Ingrid K. Grueter. “Any elector registered in each of the districts who wishes to submit a pro or con statement regarding the 16 financial issues on this year’s ballot may submit their comments to the Designated Election Official (DEO) of each district.”

Local tax issues on the November ballot come from the following 12 jurisdictions, and comments should be emailed to the designated election official (DEO) of each district as indicated below:

Pitkin County Ballot Issue 1A: Airport Enterprise Fund Bonds

• Pitkin County, DEO Jeanette Jones at Jeanette.Jones@pitkincounty.com

City of Aspen Ballot Issue 2A: Tax Increase for Public Education

City of Aspen Ballot Issue 2B: Debt for Lumberyard Affordable Housing Project

• City of Aspen, DEO Nicole Henning at nicole.henning@cityofaspen.com

Town of Snowmass Village Ballot Issue 2D: Increase Property Tax for Educational Purposes

• Town of Snowmass Village, DEO Megan Boucher at mboucher@tosv.com

Town of Basalt Ballot Issue 3A: Increase Lodging Tax for Affordable Housing

• Town of Basalt, DEO Pam Schilling at pams@basalt.net

Aspen School District No.1 Ballot Issue 4A: General Fund Mill Levy Override

Aspen School District No.1 Ballot Issue 4B: General Obligation Bonds

• Aspen School District, DEO Eliza Robison at erobison@aspenk12.net

Aspen Fire Protection District Ballot Issue 6A: Sales Tax

Aspen Fire Protection District Ballot Issue 6B: Property Tax Rate Extension

• Aspen Fire Protection District, DEO Amanda Perusse at amanda.perusse@aspenfire.com

Twining Flats Road Improvement District Ballot Issue 6C: Mill Levy Increase

• Twining Flats Improvement District, DEO Romany Iacono at romany.iacono@pitkincounty.com

Aspen Village Metropolitan District Ballot Issue 6D: Increase in Debt Limit and Taxes for Waste Water Treatment Plant Project

• Aspen Village Metropolitan District, DEO Jerome Simecek at jsimecek@romero-group.com

Confluence Early Childhood Development Service District Ballot Issue 7A

• Confluence Early Childhood Development Service District, DEO Sheila Reiner at confluenceearlychildhood@gmail.com

Basalt Regional Library District Ballot Issue 7B

• Basalt Regional Library, DEO Amy Shipley at ashipley@basaltlibrary.org

Colorado Mountain College Ballot Issue 7C

• Colorado Mountain College District, DEO Julie S. Hanson at jshanson@coloradomtn.edu

Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection Ballot Issue 7D: Sales Tax

Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection Ballot Issue 7E: General Obligation Bonds

• Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District, DEO Sarah Shepherd at sees@crider.us

Only registered voters residing in the political subdivision and eligible to vote on the issues may submit comments on the issue, and comments must include a signature and an address where the signer is registered to vote. The deadline for written comments for the TABOR Notice will be filed by noon on Friday, Sept 19. TABOR Notices will be mailed to all registered voters no later than Friday, Oct. 3.

For more Pitkin County election information, including a sample ballot with the text of all ballot races and measures, go to pitkinvotes.com.