Orchard City's First Town Sales Tax

Who is asking

Town of Orchard City

On the ballot in

• Delta County ballot: 2B

The ballot question

SHALL THE TOWN OF ORCHARD CITY’S TAXES BE INCREASED $210,000.00 ANNUALLY, COMMENCING ON JANUARY 1, 2027, AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BY THE IMPOSITION OF A SALES TAX AT A RATE OF THREE-QUARTERS OF ONE PERCENT (0.75%) PER DOLLAR OF TAXABLE TRANSACTIONS, WITH REVENUES DIRECTED TO THE GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONAL AND SERVICE COSTS OF THE TOWN, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: 1. IMPROVING AND EXPANDING TOWN SERVICES, 2. RECRUITING AND RETAINING HIGH-QUALITY EMPLOYEES, AND 3. MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING ROADS; AND SHALL SUCH TAX REVENUES BE COLLECTED, RETAINED AND SPENT AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE APPLY UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?

Where the question's words come from

• Source document for the question text (deltacountyco.gov)

What a vote does

A yes vote means

Approves the new 0.75% town sales tax and allows the town to retain and spend its revenue outside legal revenue limits.

A no vote means

Rejects this new sales tax and its revenue-limit exemption. Existing taxes remain.

County ballots

• Delta County

Other local measures on the same ballot

• 6A, Hotchkiss Fire District: Hotchkiss Fire District Sales and Use Tax
• 2A, Town of Paonia: Paonia Marijuana Tax Replacement
• 2C, Town of Cedaredge: Cedaredge Sales and Use Tax Increase

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.

• Find a drop box or vote center at GoVoteColorado.gov
• Colorado Secretary of State, September 23, 2026