HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.116-25RESOLUTION # 116
(Series of 2025)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN,
COLORADO, • THE ELECTORATEOF OF
ASPEN A CERTAIN QUESTION AT TH1 • 1:2025 GENERAL
ELECTION.
WHEREAS the City Council desires to place before the electorate of the
City of Aspen certain ballot questions; and
WHEREAS the City Council is authorized pursuant to Section 5.7 of the
Aspen City Charter to, on its own motion, submit questions to a vote of the
electorate; and
WHEREAS the election of provisions of Article X, Section 20(3) of the
Colorado Constitution requires that certain financial ballot issues be decided only
in the state general election, biennial local election, or on the first Tuesday in
November of odd numbered years.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY TBE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, THAT:
The following questions related to the support of public education shall be
submitted to the electorate at the November 4, 2025 general election:
SHALL THE CITY OF : $4.75 M1 •
IN 1 • AND BY WHATEVER AMOUNTS
ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY IMPOSING AN ADDITIONAL CITY
SALES TAX AT A RATE OF.3 0% EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1 2026
AND SHALL THE CITY SALES TAX OF.30% APPROVED BY
VOTERS IN 2012 AND EXTENDED BY APPROVAL OF THE VOTERS
IN 1 • AND 2020 ALSO EXPECTED TO
GENIERATE APPROXIMATELY $4.75 MILLION IN 2026FOR AN
AGGREGATE OF ••• • $9.50 •CONTINUETO
BE COLLECTED ON 1
SUCH TAX CONTINUING THROUGH DECEMBER 3 1 203 1 FOR THE
PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR ASPEN SCHOOL
DISTRICT NO. : i •' BALLOT
QUESTIONS; AND SHALL TH1 •• •
AND •'NINGS THEREON BE COLLECTED,
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LIMITS CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X,
SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER
LAW?
INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Aspen on the 12th day of August 2025.
R chael Richards, M or
I, Mike Sear, duly appointed and acting Deputy City Clerk do certify that the
foregoing is a true and accurate copy of that resolution adopted by the City Council
of the City of Aspen, Colorado, at a meeting held, Au),,st 12� 2025.
Mike t`ar4, Deputy City Clerk