Continuing the Grand County Library District's 2016 Levy With No End Date

Grand County Library District voters approved an additional 0.95 mill levy in 2016 for 10 years, and it is scheduled to expire in 2026, according to the district's Ballot FAQ. The district's ballot summary calls it "the temporary 0.95 mill levy."

A yes vote on Issue 6B extends that levy, "imposed at a rate not to exceed 0.95 mills," with no expiration, "for a total continuing mill levy of 3.36 mills." The question states the purpose as "operating, maintaining and improving library facilities and library services." The question opens "with no increase in any district tax." A yes vote also lets the district collect and spend the proceeds each year as voter-approved revenue and spending changes, "without regard to any spending or revenue limitation contained in any Colorado law including the Colorado Constitution and Colorado Revised Statutes."

As an example, at 0.95 mills, a property with $100,000 of taxable assessed value pays $95 a year. The district estimates that, based on the median Grand County home value, the levy costs approximately $48 per year, or about $4 per month.

A no vote lets the 0.95 mills expire. The district says its total mill levy then falls by 28%, to 2.41 mills.

The FAQ lists what revenue from the levy "could be used for": maintained spaces to meet, study, work and read; the current level of physical and digital books, audiobooks, streaming services, the Library of Things and Access Grand passes; staff, programming and library operations; and updating technology, including Wi-Fi, public computers and online resources. Without the levy, the district says, reduced revenue will limit its ability to address needed repairs and maintenance and will delay facility improvements.

The FAQ says the measure is not proposed to fund construction of the new Kremmling library, which "has already been fully funded." On July 21, 2026, the board of trustees authorized its Kremmling Executive Building Committee to spend $7,242,808 to build and complete that library.

Issue 6C, on the same ballot, asks whether the district may "waive the 5.25% property tax limit for all future property tax years." The district says 6C does not "change the library district's mill levy rate."