Edison Fire District Inclusion of Northeast Pueblo County Land
Government structureFire district boundary expansion
Adds an area of northeast Pueblo County now in no fire protection district to the Edison Fire Protection District; the ballot states no tax or rate.
Edison Fire Protection District
Kim's Recommendation
NO
Vote No on Edison Fire Protection District Ballot Question 6D
A yes vote brings land that pays no fire district tax into a district that can tax it. State law makes every parcel that joins Edison subject to all of the district's taxes and charges. The district levied 9 mills in 2025. The inclusion statute's ballot form has a line for a summary of conditions, and Question 6D states no conditions and no rate or dollar amount for the new land. I oppose placing land under a property tax on a question that leaves the cost unstated.
I recommend a no vote on Edison Fire Protection District Ballot Question 6D.
Kim Monson
Host, The Kim Monson Show · President, Colorado Union of Taxpayers · Colorado Voter's Guide 2026
Certified ballot question
Shall the following described area become a part of the Edison Fire Protection District? Property that is located within the following described areas that is not already located within the boundaries of the Edison Fire Protection District or any other fire protection district: Portion of Township 18 South, Range 60 West of the 6th P.M.; All of Township 19 South, Range 60 West of the 6th P.M.; All of Township 19 South, Range 61 West of the 6th P.M.; All of Township 20 South, Range 60 West of the 6th P.M.; All of Township 20 South, Range 61 West of the 6th P.M.; Portion of Township 20 South, Range 62 West of the 6th P.M.; Portion of Township 20 South, Range 63 West of the 6th P.M.; Portion of Township 21 South, Range 60 West of the 6th P.M.; Portion of Township 21 South, Range 61 West of the 6th P.M; Portion of Township 21 South, Range 62 West of the 6th P.M; and Portion of Township 21 South, Range 63 West of the 6th P.M; County of Pueblo, State of Colorado. The area proposed for inclusion is also generally described as follows: Located in the northeast area of Pueblo County, State of Colorado: Beginning at the intersection of El Paso, Pueblo, Lincoln and Crowley Counties, and continuing west along the Pueblo County line to the northeast corner of the Edison Fire Protection District boundary; following the eastern and southern boundary of the Edison Fire Protection District to its southwest corner, then along the line of Dot Road south to the intersection of IL Ranch Rd; continuing south along IL Ranch Road, and following the eastern and southern boundary of the Pueblo Chemical Depot to its intersection with the Pueblo Rural Fire Protection District's boundary; following and continuing along the northern boundary of the Pueblo Rural Fire Protection District's boundary to the intersection with the Fowler Rural Fire Protection District's boundaries; continuing east along Fowler Rural Fire Protection District's northern boundary to the Pueblo County line; and following the Pueblo County line north to the El Paso County line (point of beginning); EXCEPTING all property located within the Town of Boone, State of Colorado (Pueblo County Tax District 70G).
A yes vote means
The described area, except the Town of Boone, would become part of the Edison Fire Protection District.
A no vote means
The area would stay outside the Edison Fire Protection District.
Land Outside Any Fire District01
Question 6D decides whether land in northeast Pueblo County joins the Edison Fire Protection District. It reaches only property that lies in no fire protection district today. Property already inside Edison or another fire protection district is not affected, and the question excepts all property in the Town of Boone. The choices on the ballot are For Inclusion and Against Inclusion.
The legal description lists whole and partial townships from Township 18 South to Township 21 South, between Range 60 West and Range 63 West.
Boundary of the Inclusion Area02
The ballot's general description starts where El Paso, Pueblo, Lincoln and Crowley counties meet and runs west along the Pueblo County line to Edison's northeast corner. It follows Edison's eastern and southern boundary to the district's southwest corner, then Dot Road south to IL Ranch Road, then IL Ranch Road south and along the eastern and southern boundary of the Pueblo Chemical Depot. From there it follows the northern boundary of the Pueblo Rural Fire Protection District to Fowler Rural's, then Fowler Rural's northern boundary east to the county line, and the county line north to El Paso County.
Taxes and Debt After Inclusion03
Section 32-1-402 of Colorado's Special District Act, which defines a fire protection district as a special district, says that after inclusion, property "shall be subject to all of the taxes and charges imposed by the special district" and liable for its proportionate share of the district's existing bonded debt. Included property owes no tax the district levied before it joined, and its entry may not be made subject to any tax or charge other than those levied uniformly across the whole district without the owners' consent or the approval of the area's electors.
The state's Division of Property Taxation lists Edison in El Paso, Lincoln and Pueblo counties. For 2025 it records a total levy of 9 mills, no bond levy and a total assessed value of $9,590,343.
Section 32-1-401 sets out a ballot form for an inclusion election. The form asks whether the area shall become part of the district "upon the following conditions, if any" and carries a line for an "accurate summary of conditions." Question 6D prints no conditions, rate or dollar amount.
