Local ballot measure
Ouray County Disaster Recovery and Resilience Sales Tax
On the November 3, 2026 ballot
Ouray County Ballot Issue 1A
Who is asking
Ouray County
On the ballot in
- Ouray County ballot: 1A
The ballot question
SHALL OURAY COUNTY TAXES BE INCREASED $1,050,000 ANNUALLY (FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR DOLLAR INCREASE IN 2027) BY IMPOSING AN ADDITIONAL 0.5% COUNTY-WIDE SALES TAX, DECLINING TO 0.3% AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2030 WITH REVENUES TO BE DIVIDED (70% TO OURAY COUNTY, 15% TO THE CITY OF OURAY AND 15% TO THE TOWN OF RIDGWAY), FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING DISASTER RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE IN OURAY COUNTY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: PROTECTING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, FIRE MITIGATION, LANDSCAPE STABILIZATION, WATERSHED PROTECTION, SUPPORTING ECONOMIC RECOVERY, AND FUNDING THE COUNTY, CITY, AND TOWN, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE AND RECOVERY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS, FOR DECLARED DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES; ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' RESOLUTION NO. 2026-019 AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET LAWS, AND SHALL THE FIRST YEAR REVENUES, AND WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BE COLLECTED AND SPENT AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LIMITATION OR CONDITION UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, C.R.S. 29-2-301 ET SEQ., AS AMENDED, OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW?
Where the question's words come from
What a vote does
- A yes vote means
- Ouray County could impose the sales tax, divide it with the City of Ouray and the Town of Ridgway, and spend it outside TABOR's limits.
- A no vote means
- Ouray County would not receive authority for this sales tax.
County ballots
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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