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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
December 11, 2023
4:00 PM, City Council Chambers
427 Rio Grande Place, Aspen
I.Work Session
I.A Aspen Chamber Resort Association (ACRA) Marketing Outlook
I.B Property Tax and Mill Levy Overview
I.C Council Memberships Review
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mill levy discussion.pdf
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Mill Levy Discussion
December 11, 2023
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Taxing Entity 2022 Tax Year (36.672 Mills)Limits / Notes
Pitkin County GF 2.405 TABOR & 5.5% Statutory Limits
County TV/FM Translator 0.289 TABOR & 5.5% Statutory Limits
County Road & Bridge 0.187 TABOR & 5.5% Statutory Limits
County Human Services 0.065 TABOR & 5.5% Statutory Limits
Healthy Community Fund 1.010 TABOR Limits
Ambulance District 1.100
Open Space and Trails 3.750
City of Aspen General Purpose + Abatements 4.354 TABOR Limits
City of Aspen Clean Rivier (Stormwater)0.650
Aspen Fire Protection 2.568 Voluntarily reduce mills to limit 2024 revenues
Aspen Sanitation (multiple levies)0.087
Aspen Valley Hospital (multiple levies)2.334 Debt levy will float down with 2024 AV increases
Roaring Fork Transportation Authority 2.650 Likely target full mills
Aspen School District (multiple levies)8.916 State may mandate max mills in some cases…
Colorado Mountain College 4.085 Voluntarily reduce mills to limit 2024 revenues
Colorado River Water Conservation 0.501
Aspen Historic Park and Rec District 0.300
13.6% of
total levy
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Actual Valuation
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Tax Year 2022
Collection 2023
Tax Year 2023
Collection 2024
Change
Residential & Multifamily $18,271,626,100 $30,963,322,300 69%
Commercial & All Other $2,561,704,470 $3,259,508,520 27%
Total Actual Value of Property $20,833,330,570 $34,222,830,820 64%
Significant wealth added overall
Change in value not uniform
•Commercial values did not move as much as residential
•Residential has a lot of variability
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Assessed Valuation
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Tax Year 2022
Collection 2023
Tax Year 2023
Collection 2024 Change
Residential & Multifamily $1,269,279,590 $2,094,669,570 65%
Commercial & All Other $739,623,540 $900,077,409 22%
Total Assessed Value of Property $2,008,903,130 $2,994,746,979 49%
Assessment rates vary by property type
•Residential / multifamily very low at 6.76% (before special bill)
•Commercial much higher at 29%
Reduced some of the actual value impact
•15 percentage point drop from actual value change
•SB 23B-001 will not really affect this much further (more on this soon…)
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TABOR Restrictions on General Purpose Levy
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Tax Year 2022
Collection 2023
Tax Year 2023
Collection 2024
Allowance for Inflation 3.540%8.011%
Allowance for New Growth 1.00%0.75%
Total Revenue Growth Allowable 4.537%8.761%
Mills Before TABOR Limit 5.410 5.410
Temporary Credit (1.069)(2.243)
Mills After TABOR Limit 4.341 3.817
General Purpose Property Tax $8,720,648 $9,484,364
•TABOR is the real limiter…
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Each Property Experience Will Be Unique
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•Deed restricted affordable housing units will not see impact
•Price appreciation will likely be more than offset by lowering mill levy
•Could see a drop in property tax bill as a result
•Lower cost free-market homes experienced greatest appreciation
•Significant jump in home equity (wealth)
•Also see greatest impact on property tax bill as a result
•Higher value homes didn’t see as much escalation in value
•Still added value, but not same sized jumps
•Mill levy reductions will limit tax growth, offseting some of this price escalation
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SB 23B-001 Impact
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Assessed Valuation – ESTIMATED SB23B-001
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Tax Year 2022
Collection 2023
Tax Year 2023
Collection 2024
Change
Residential & Multifamily $1,269,279,590 $2,056,567,834 62%
Commercial & All Other $739,623,540 $900,077,409 22%
Total Assessed Value of Property $2,008,903,130 $2,956,645,243 47%
Residential assessment rates drop
•Residential / multifamily adjust from 6.76% down to 6.70%
Reduction of Property Value being Assessed
•Reduction was $15,000; now up to $55,000
Was 65%
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SB 23B-001 Changes
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General Purpose Levy BEFORE SB 23-001
Tax Year 2023
Collection 2024
AFTER SB 23-001
Tax Year 2023
Collection 2024
Total Revenue Growth Allowable 8.761%8.761%
Actual Aggregate Property Tax $9,484,364 $9,484,364
Total Assessed Value of Property $2,994,746,979 $2,956,645,243
Mills Before TABOR Limit 5.410 5.410
Temporary Credit (2.243)(2.202)
Mills After TABOR Limit 3.167 3.208
•No impact to City’s General Purpose levy collections initially
No
Change
Change
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SB 23B-001 Changes
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•Does impact to City’s Stormwater levy collections (minimally)
Preliminary estimate is for a $25K reduction
BEFORE SB 23-001
Tax Year 2023
(Collection 2024)
AFTER SB 23-001
Tax Year 2023
(Collection 2024)
Total Assessed Value of Property $2,994,746,979 $2,956,645,243
Maximum Stormwater Mills 0.650 0.650
Projected Collections $1,946,586 $1,921,819
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Option for Council
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Summary Points
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•Many taxing entities are limited to TABOR or 5.5% statutory
limitations
•Other entities are voluntarily limiting collections either
because tied to debt service or simply revenue needs
•Other entities are proposing to collect their full levy due to
funding needs
•Most homeowners saw significant wealth added as a result of
jump in actual values
•Price escalation was minimal on deed restricted affordable
housing units, isolating them from any adverse impact on tax 13
Hypothetical Scenario #1 – TOTAL CoA
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Tax Year 2022
Collection 2023
Tax Year 2023
Collection 2024
Value of Residential Home $500,000 $515,000
Residential Assessment Rate 6.950%6.700%
Assessed Value of Residential Home $34,750 $34,505
General Purpose Mills 4.341 3.208
Estimated General Purpose Tax $150.85 $110.69
Stormwater Mills 0.650 0.650
Estimated Stormwater Tax $22.59 $22.43
Total Mills 4.991 3.858
Estimated Total City Property Tax $173.44 $133.12
$15K
($40.32)
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Hypothetical Scenario #2 – TOTAL CoA
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Tax Year 2022
Collection 2023
Tax Year 2023
Collection 2024
Value of Residential Home $5,000,000 $7,500,000
Residential Assessment Rate 6.950%6.700%
Assessed Value of Residential Home $347,500 $502,500
General Purpose Mills 4.341 3.208
Estimated General Purpose Tax $1,508.50 $1,612.02
Stormwater Mills 0.650 0.650
Estimated Stormwater Tax $225.88 $326.63
Total Mills 4.991 3.858
Estimated Total City Property Tax $1,734.37 $1,938.65
$2.5M
$204.28
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Hypothetical Scenario #3 – TOTAL CoA
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Tax Year 2022
Collection 2023
Tax Year 2023
Collection 2024
Value of Residential Home $2,500,000 $5,000,000
Residential Assessment Rate 6.950%6.700%
Assessed Value of Residential Home $173,750 $335,000
General Purpose Mills 4.341 3.208
Estimated General Purpose Tax $754.25 $1,074,68
Stormwater Mills 0.650 0.650
Estimated Stormwater Tax $112.94 $217.75
Total Mills 4.991 3.858
Estimated Total City Property Tax $867.19 $1,292.43
$2.5M
$425.24
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Options
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1)Keep TABOR limited General Purpose mills and
maximum Stormwater mills
$1.4M increase in revenue to City – funds go towards underfunded
stormwater program and other capital infrastructure
2023 Revenue 2024 Revenue
General Purpose $8,720,648 $9,484,364
Stormwater $1,305,787 $1,921,819
Total CoA Property Taxes $10,026,435 $11,406,183
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Options
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2) Keep TABOR limited General Purpose mills and
partially reduce Stormwater mills
Every 0.100 mill reduction is ~$300K less revenue*
Optional: Backfill Stormwater with General Fund / AMP revenue
2023 Revenue 2024 Revenue
(SW = 0.650 Mills)
General Purpose Mill Levy $8,720,648 $9,484,364
Stormwater Mill Levy $1,305,787 $???
Total CoA Property Taxes $10,026,435 $???
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Questions?
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