Local ballot measure
A Sales Tax for Estes Valley Fire
On the November 3, 2026 ballot
Estes Valley Fire Protection District ballot issue 6D
Who is asking
Estes Valley Fire Protection District
On the ballot in
- Larimer County ballot: 6D
The ballot question
SHALL ESTES VALLEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($3,500,000.00) DOLLARS ANNUALLY IN THE FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR, AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY THE IMPOSITION OF A SALES TAX BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2027 NOT TO EXCEED 0.5% (50 CENTS ON EACH $100 DOLLARS), UPON EVERY TRANSACTION IN THE DISTRICT WHICH THE STATE IMPOSES A SALES TAX (EXCLUDING GROCERIES AND OTHER EXEMPT ITEMS); FUNDING FROM THE SALES TAX WILL BE USED FOR ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: · MAINTAINING WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING CAPABILITIES TO INCLUDE SPECIALIZED AND/OR UPGRADED EQUIPMENT AND FIREFIGHTER TRAINING; · MAINTAINING FIRE APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT TO EXTEND ITS USEFUL LIFE AND REPLACING AND/OR UPGRADING FIREFIGHTING VEHICLES, COMMUNICATION METHODS, SAFETY GEAR AND OTHER EQUIPMENT AND APPARATUS; · FUNDING VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTING GENERAL AND SPECIALIZED TRAINING PROGRAMS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND OVERALL PROGRAM SUPPORT. AND SHALL ALL DISTRICT SALES TAX REVENUES AND THE EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH REVENUES BE COLLECTED, RETAINED, AND SPENT AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE NOTWITHSTANDING ANY REVENUE LIMITS PROVIDED BY LAW?
Where the question's words come from
What a vote does
- A yes vote means
- Authorizes the new sales tax and allows the district to retain and spend district sales tax revenue and its investment earnings outside legal revenue limits.
- A no vote means
- The district would not receive authority for this sales tax or revenue-limit exemption.
Figures from the TABOR notice
- ESTIMATED 2027 FISCAL YEAR SPENDING WITHOUT PROPOSED TAX INCREASE $5,538,590
- ESTIMATED 2027 MAXIMUM TAX INCREASE AUTHORIZED BY THE BALLOT ISSUE $3,500,000
County ballots
Other local measures on the same ballot
- 7C, Allenspark Fire Protection District: Allenspark Fire District Property Tax Increase
- 3G, Town of Berthoud: Berthoud Parks and Recreation Bonds
- 7A, Front Range Passenger Rail District: A permanent 0.333% sales and use tax and up to $580 million in borrowing for Colorado Connector passenger rail
- 5A, Weld County School District RE-5J: Weld RE-5J School Tax Extension
- 7E, Poudre Valley Fire Protection District: Poudre Valley Fire Revenue Limit Waiver
- 6A, Larimer County Stanley Heights Public Improvement District No. 81: Stanley Heights road district and property tax
- 6C, Larimer County Terry Point Estates Public Improvement District No. 85: Terry Point Estates road district and property tax
- 7F, Windsor-Severance Fire Protection District: Windsor-Severance Fire phased property tax increase
- 6E, Thompson Crossing Metropolitan District No. 2: Thompson Crossing Trail and Bond Refinancing
- 2A, Town of Wellington: Wellington Sales Tax for Public Safety
- 6B, Larimer County Colland Center Public Improvement District No. 82: Colland Center road district and property tax
- 1A, Larimer County: A new countywide sales and use tax for county purposes
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Key dates
- October 2 to October 9: county clerks mail ballots to active voters.
- October 12: drop boxes open.
- October 26: last suggested day to return a ballot by mail.
- From October 27: return your ballot to a drop box or vote center instead of mailing it.
- November 3, 2026, Election Day: ballots are due by 7:00 p.m.
Page updated September 29, 2026