Local ballot measure
Northglenn Accommodations Tax Increase
On the November 3, 2026 ballot
City of Northglenn ballot issue 3H
Who is asking
City of Northglenn
On the ballot in
- Adams County ballot: 3H
- Weld County ballot: 3H
The ballot question
INCREASE IN SALES TAX ON ACCOMMODATIONS SERVICES SHALL CITY OF NORTHGLENN TAXES BE INCREASED BY $450,000 ANNUALLY COMMENCING IN 2027 AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BY INCREASING THE CITY SALES TAX RATE ON ACCOMMODATION SERVICES FROM FIVE PERCENT (5%) TO EIGHT PERCENT (8%), WITH PROCEEDS TO BE USED FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PUBLIC SAFETY, STREET MAINTENANCE, PARKS, RECREATION, AND CULTURE, AND ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE CITY, TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION?
Where the question's words come from
What a vote does
- A yes vote means
- Raises the city rate on accommodation services to 8% and authorizes the stated use and retention of the revenue.
- A no vote means
- Leaves the city rate on accommodation services at 5%.
Figures from the TABOR notice
- Estimated maximum annual dollar amount of the proposed tax increase for the first full fiscal year: $450,000
- Estimated 2027 City fiscal year spending without the proposed tax increase: $132,900,000
County ballots
Other local measures on the same ballot
- 4A, Westminster Public Schools: Westminster Public Schools asks to collect more of the property tax overrides voters approved in 1988, 2002 and 2018
- 6A, North Range Metropolitan District No. 3: Repeal of North Range Metropolitan District No. 3's Unused Borrowing Authority
- 6B, North Range Metropolitan District No. 3: North Range Metro District No. 3 Limit on Multi-Year Levy Pledges
- 6C, North Range Metropolitan District No. 3: Repealing the 2014 Capital Tax Authority in North Range Metropolitan District No. 3
- 6D, North Range Metropolitan District No. 3: Lower Operations Tax Cap for North Range Metropolitan District No. 3
- 6E, Adams County Fire Protection District: A 1% sales tax for the Adams County Fire Protection District, with no end date
- 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
- 5A, Bennett School District: Bennett School District Bonds for a New High School
- 7F, Bennett Fire Protection District: Bennett Fire Sales Tax for Stations and Staffing
- 7G, Bennett Fire Protection District: Tax Limit Waiver With No End Date
- 7B, Central Colorado Water Conservancy District: Central Colorado Water Bonds for Water Rights and Storage
- 7C, Groundwater Management Subdistrict of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District: Groundwater Subdistrict Levy Tied to Inflation
- 7D, Greater Brighton Fire Protection District: Greater Brighton Fire Revenue Limit Waiver
- 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
- 7F, Windsor-Severance Fire Protection District: Windsor-Severance Fire phased property tax increase
- 3E, Town of Erie: Erie Lodging Tax of 3.5 Percent
- 3F, Town of Erie: Erie Community Center Debt and Sales Tax Increase
- 3A, City of Longmont: Longmont Sales and Property Taxes for Public Safety
- 3B, City of Longmont: Longmont Voter Approval for Open Space Sales
- 3C, City of Longmont: Longmont Ranked Choice Voting From November 2029
- 3D, City of Longmont: Longmont Council Seats Grouped Into Alternating Elections
- 2A, Town of Eaton: Town of Eaton debt of $5 million for street projects including three named roads, repaid from existing town revenue
- 2B, Town of Kersey: Kersey's 17.205-mill town property tax, proposed for extension through 2037
- 2C, City of Evans: New Uses for the Evans Grocery Tax
- 2D, Town of Frederick: Frederick Sales and Use Tax Increase for Transportation
- 2E, Town of Frederick: Frederick Bonds for Street and Transportation Projects
- 2F, City of Greeley: Greeley’s Sales Tax for a Civic Campus, the Catalyst Project and City Facilities
- 4A, Weld County School District RE-2: Eaton School District Property Tax Override for Pay, Career Programs and Security
- 4B, Weld County School District RE-1: Weld RE-1 Override for Teacher and Staff Pay
- 5B, Prairie School District RE-11J: Prairie School District RE-11J Property Tax Override
- 5C, Weld County School District RE-8: Weld RE-8’s New Override and Extension of Expiring Taxes
- 6A, Nunn Fire Protection District: Nunn Fire Protection District Levy for Staffing and Equipment
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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