Local ballot measure
Property tax for the Healthy Community Fund
On the November 3, 2026 ballot
Pitkin County Ballot Issue 1A
Who is asking
Pitkin County
On the ballot in
- Pitkin County ballot: 1A
The ballot question
SHALL PITKIN COUNTY TAXES BE INCREASED BY $5,266,081.00 ANNUALLY, BEGINNING IN THE FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR OF COLLECTION IN 2028, TO CONTINUE FUNDING THE HEALTHY COMMUNITY FUND, WHICH HAS PROVIDED FUNDING FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND COMMUNITY NON-PROFITS FOR THE PAST TWENTY-FOUR YEARS, AFTER THE CURRENT PROPERTY TAX EXPIRES IN 2027, AND BY SUCH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS AS ARE GENERATED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY FIVE YEARS, BY THE IMPOSITION OF A NEW 0.853 MILL LEVY, FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A STABLE FUNDING SOURCE FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND COMMUNITY NON-PROFITS INCLUDING: • PROTECTIVE AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, INCLUDING FOOD ACCESS, FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS • SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES SUPPORTING HEALTHY AGING FOR OLDER ADULTS • SUPPORTING SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT • BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND AFTERCARE SERVICES • CARE FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL AND THEIR FAMILIES • PROTECTING AND SUPPORTING NATURAL RESOURCES • PREVENTIVE AND INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR LOWER-INCOME INDIVIDUALS • SERVICES SUPPORTING INDEPENDENCE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND SHALL THE COUNTY BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUES FROM SUCH TAX AND THE INTEREST EARNINGS THEREON AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE ABOVE THE ANNUAL LIMITS OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND ABOVE ANNUAL LIMITS WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE APPLY OR BE PROPOSED, INCLUDING AS AN APPROVED EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 29-1-301 OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES OR ARTICLE 9 OF THE COUNTY HOME RULE CHARTER?
Where the question's words come from
What a vote does
- A yes vote means
- Approves the replacement levy for the Healthy Community Fund and lets the county keep its revenue and interest earnings outside annual revenue limits.
- A no vote means
- Rejects the replacement levy. The current Healthy Community Fund property tax expires in 2027.
County ballots
Other local measures on the same ballot
- 7A, Basalt & Rural Fire Protection District: Basalt & Rural Fire District Sales Tax
- 5C, Roaring Fork School District RE-1: Roaring Fork School District Property Tax Override
- 3A, Town of Basalt: Basalt Sales Tax for Public Services Facilities
- 6A, Snowmass Water and Sanitation District: Bonds to expand Ziegler Reservoir
- 6B, Snowmass-Wildcat Fire Protection District: Snowmass-Wildcat Fire Protection District Sales Tax
- 2A, City of Aspen: Aspen borrowing for its Castle Creek water treatment plant
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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