Nunn Fire Protection District Levy for Staffing and Equipment
Property tax increaseThree additional mills phased in over 2027–2029
Adds one mill in 2027, a second in 2028 and a third in 2029 to Nunn Fire’s existing property-tax levy for staffing and equipment; the increase continues afterward.
Nunn Fire Protection District
Kim's Recommendation
NO
Vote No on Nunn Fire Protection District ballot issue 6A
Issue 6A pays to turn the Nunn Fire Protection District's volunteer department into a professional one. The district describes its department as 100% volunteer, and the ballot directs this tax to training, salaries and benefits for a professional department. My objection is to the timing: the 2028 and 2029 mills take effect one and two years after the first, yet a yes vote grants both before the first mill has raised a dollar.
The ballot's $725,000 cap applies to 2029 alone. After 2029 the district collects whatever the 3 mills raise, with no dollar limit, and spends it without regard to TABOR's revenue and spending limits. A yes vote approves all 3 mills at once, not only the 1 mill that starts in 2027.
I recommend a no vote on Nunn Fire Protection District ballot issue 6A.
Kim Monson
Host, The Kim Monson Show · President, Colorado Union of Taxpayers · Colorado Voter's Guide 2026
Certified ballot question
SHALL NUNN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED BY UP TO $725,000 IN 2029 (AFTER ALL PHASED-IN INCREASES) AND IN EACH YEAR THEREAFTER BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED FROM A PHASED-IN OPERATING MILL LEVY IMPOSED AT A RATE OF 1 MILL IN 2027, AN ADDITIONAL 1 MILL IN 2028, AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 MILL IN 2029 (THE TOTAL OF WHICH IS 3 MILLS AND IS IN ADDITION TO THE MILL LEVY CURRENTLY IMPOSED BY THE DISTRICT), AND CONTINUING THEREAFTER AS PROVIDED BY LAW, WITH SUCH TAX PROCEEDS TO BE USED FOR THE FOLLOWING DISTRICT OPERATIONAL AND CAPITAL EXPENSES: · MAINTAINING ADEQUATE STAFFING BY CREATING A PROFESSIONAL FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH TRAINING, SALARIES AND BENEFITS; · ACQUIRING FIREFIGHTING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, RESCUE EQUIPMENT AND OTHER EMERGENCY RESPONSE EQUIPMENT; AND SHALL SUCH TAX PROCEEDS BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE DISTRICT AS VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING CHANGES IN EACH YEAR, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY SPENDING OR REVENUE LIMITATION CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND TITLE 29, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES?
A yes vote means
Authorizes all three levy steps and continued collection at the fully phased rate, with the stated revenue and spending-limit waivers.
A no vote means
Rejects the additional levy. This question does not repeal the existing district levy.
From Volunteer to Professional Department01
The Nunn Fire Protection District serves Nunn and Carr across 529 square miles of northern Weld County, including 7 miles of Interstate 25 and Highway 85 from County Road 90 north to the Colorado/Wyoming border. It works from one station, at 487 Logan Ave. in Nunn, and the district describes its department as 100% volunteer.
Issue 6A raises the district's property tax for two stated purposes. The first is maintaining adequate staffing by creating a professional fire department with training, salaries and benefits. The second is acquiring firefighting apparatus, communications systems, protective equipment, rescue equipment and other emergency response equipment.
A Levy Phased In Over Three Years02
The added operating levy is 1 mill in 2027, an additional 1 mill in 2028 and an additional 1 mill in 2029, a total of 3 mills. A yes vote approves all three steps. A no vote rejects the added mills and leaves the district's current levy in place. The 3 mills come on top of the levy the district imposes now. For tax year 2025, the state Division of Property Taxation records a total district levy of 4.096 mills: 3.981 general, 0.114 capital and 0.001 for abatements.
The Fully Phased Levy Increase
The additional levy would reach three mills in 2029 and continue afterward.
$10,000 in taxable assessed value
$10,000 × 3 ÷ 1,000 = $30 per year.
Taxable assessed value is not a home's market value. For 2026 it is about 6% to 7% of the actual value the county assessor sets. A home with an actual value of $500,000 has an assessed value of about $30,600 for local government taxes and $35,250 for school district taxes.
Use taxable assessed value, not market value. This estimates the fully phased additional three mills, excluding the existing district levy and other taxes. The first two steps are one and two added mills.
Annual additional tax at the fully phased rate
Enter a nonnegative dollar amount with no more than two decimal places.
Nunn Fire Protection District ballot issue 6A: three added mills after phase-in.
A Dollar Ceiling for One Year03
The question caps the increase from all three mills at $725,000 in 2029, the year the third mill takes effect. For each year after that, it sets the increase as whatever additional amount the phased-in levy raises, with no dollar figure. The levy continues after the phase-in as provided by law, and the ballot states no end date.
Outside the TABOR Limits04
The district may collect and spend the proceeds each year as voter-approved revenue and spending changes, without regard to any spending or revenue limitation in Article X, Section 20 of the Colorado Constitution (the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights) and Title 29 of the Colorado Revised Statutes.
