Local ballot measure
Borrowing for Larkspur Fire Vehicles, Training Grounds and Leases
On the November 3, 2026 ballot
Larkspur Fire Protection District ballot issue 6B
Who is asking
Larkspur Fire Protection District
On the ballot in
- Douglas County ballot: 6B
The ballot question
SHALL LARKSPUR FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (LFPD) DEBT BE INCREASED $4.5 MILLION, WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF UP TO $6.4 MILLION, AND SHALL DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED UP TO $427,333 ANNUALLY TO PAY SUCH DEBT, SUCH DEBT TO BE USED FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OF THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING: PURCHASE OF FIRE/EMS EQUIPMENT AND/OR APPARATUS TO REPLACE AGING AND OUTDATED RESPONSE VEHICLES; DESIGN, ACQUISITION, AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR FUTURE STATION IN THE SOUTHEASTERN AREA OF THE DISTRICT RESPONSE JURISDICTION; DESIGN, INSTALLATION, AND CONSTRUCTION OF TRAINING GROUNDS INFRASTRUCTURE; PURCHASE OF TRAINING GROUNDS SIMULATORS AND EQUIPMENT TO TRAIN FIREFIGHTERS IN MULTIPLE CERTIFICATION LEVELS; ACQUIRING CAPITAL ASSETS BY EXERCISING THE DISTRICT'S BEST OPTIONS TO PREPAY EXISTING LEASE OBLIGATIONS SUCH DEBT TO BE EVIDENCED BY THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OR ANY OTHER MULTIPLE YEAR FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OF THE DISTRICT; SUCH BONDS TO BE SOLD IN ONE SERIES OR MORE, FOR A PRICE ABOVE OR BELOW THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SUCH SERIES, ON TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AND WITH SUCH MATURITIES AS PERMITTED BY LAW AND AS THE DISTRICT MAY DETERMINE, INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR REDEMPTION OF THE BONDS PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF THE PREMIUM OF NOT TO EXCEED THREE PERCENT; AND SHALL SUCH TAX REVENUES AND THE EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH BOND PROCEEDS AND TAX REVENUES BE COLLECTED, RETAINED AND SPENT AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?
Where the question's words come from
What a vote does
- A yes vote means
- Authorizes the borrowing, taxes of up to $427,333 a year to repay it and retention of those taxes and investment earnings outside legal revenue limits.
- A no vote means
- Rejects this borrowing, its repayment taxes and its revenue-limit exemption. The separate 6A tax proposal is a different vote.
County ballots
Other local measures on the same ballot
- 1A, Douglas County: Douglas County Ballot Question 1A: countywide election of all commissioners on a five-member board
- 200, Douglas County: Douglas County Ballot Question 200: growing the Board of County Commissioners from three members to five
- 201, Douglas County: Douglas County Ballot Question 201: how a five-member Board of County Commissioners would be elected
- 300, City of Castle Pines: Castle Pines Voter Approval for Annexations
- 301, City of Castle Pines: Castle Pines Voter Ratification of Annexations
- 3A, City of Aurora: Aurora sales tax for libraries, recreation centers and parks
- 3B, City of Aurora: Aurora public safety tax and bonds
- 3C, City of Aurora: Aurora sales tax for roads, bridges and traffic safety
- 3D, City of Aurora: Aurora city elections in even-numbered years
- 5A, Douglas County School District RE-1: Douglas County School District Mill Levy Override
- 6A, Larkspur Fire Protection District: Property Tax Increase for Larkspur Fire and Emergency Services
- 6C, Stone Creek Metropolitan District: Stone Creek Unused Debt Repeal
- 6D, Stone Creek Metropolitan District: Repeal of Stone Creek's Contract Tax Authority
- 6E, Stone Creek Metropolitan District: Stone Creek Regional Improvement Tax Repeal
- 6F, Stone Creek Metropolitan District: Stone Creek Repeal of Agreement Authority for Joint Projects and Upkeep
- 6G, Stone Creek Metropolitan District: Ending Stone Creek's $82.8 Million Agreement Authority
- 7C, West Metro Fire Protection District: West Metro Fire sales tax
- 7D, Conifer Fire Protection District: Conifer Fire Property Tax Increase for Staffing and Equipment
- 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
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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