Raises Wray's sales and use tax by 0.75 percentage points from January 1, 2027, about $525,000 in the first year, for streets, alleys and related infrastructure, with the revenue kept outside TABOR's limits.
City of Wray
Kim's Recommendation
NO
Vote No on City of Wray Ballot Question 2A
Question 2A raises Wray's sales and use tax by three-quarters of a percent from January 1, 2027, with no end date, on purchases in the city and on the motor vehicles and building materials that Wray's use tax reaches. The city keeps and spends every dollar of it, in the first year and every year after, without regard to TABOR's spending and revenue limits. I oppose new taxes, and I oppose one that stays in place and outside those limits for as long as the city collects it.
I recommend a no vote on City of Wray Ballot Question 2A.
Kim Monson
Host, The Kim Monson Show · President, Colorado Union of Taxpayers · Colorado Voter's Guide 2026
Certified ballot question
SHALL THE CITY OF WRAY, COLORADO, IMPROVE STREETS, ALLEYS AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND MAINTENANCE BY INCREASING THE CITY'S SALES AND USE TAX BY THREE-QUARTER PERCENT (0.75%), COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2027, TO GENERATE APPROXIMATELY ($525,000) ANNUALLY IN THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY IN EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR WITH ALL REVENUES COLLECTED, RETAINED, AND SPENT AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY SPENDING OR REVENUE LIMITATION CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?
A yes vote means
Wray's sales and use tax would rise by 0.75 percentage points from January 1, 2027, for street and alley improvements and maintenance, and the city could keep and spend all of the revenue outside TABOR's limits.
A no vote means
Wray's sales and use tax rate would stay as it is.
A Higher Sales and Use Tax01
City of Wray Ballot Question 2A raises the city's sales and use tax by three-quarters of a percent (0.75%) starting January 1, 2027, for improvements to and maintenance of streets, alleys and related infrastructure. The question estimates the tax at approximately $525,000 in the first fiscal year. In each later year the city takes in whatever additional amounts the tax raises, and the question sets no end date.
A yes vote raises the city's sales and use tax by 0.75% from January 1, 2027, and lets the city keep and spend all of the revenue outside TABOR's limits. A no vote leaves the rate where it stands.
What Wray Shoppers Pay02
The state's January 2026 rate table (DR 1002) lists a 2.9% state sales tax and a 2.50% City of Wray sales tax. Yuma County levies no sales tax, according to the same table. Using those January 2026 rates, the combined sales tax rate in Wray is 5.4%; adding 2A's 0.75 percentage points would make it 6.15% if the other rates remain unchanged. For example, the 0.75% increase adds 75 cents of city tax to a $100 purchase.
The same table lists Wray's use tax at 2.50% on motor vehicles and building materials, and 2A raises it by the same 0.75%.
Added tax on taxable purchases
The added 0.75% tax equals $7.50 for every $1,000 of taxable purchases.
Example for $1,000 in taxable purchases
$1,000 × 0.0075 = $7.50
This is the added tax from the measure, rounded to the nearest cent, not the total tax. Actual rounding at the register may differ.
Estimated added tax
Enter a value of zero or more, with no more than two decimal places.
Yuma County ballot, City of Wray Ballot Question 2A
Spending and Revenue Limits Waived03
The city collects, retains and spends all of the revenue, in the first year and every later year, as a voter-approved revenue change, without regard to any spending or revenue limitation in Article X, Section 20 of the Colorado Constitution (the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, or TABOR) or in any other law.
