Ballot Issue 1A - Lodging Tax to Support Local Workforce

SHALL GILPIN COUNTY TAXES BE INCREASED BY APPROXIMATELY $273,028.20 ANNUALLY COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2023 AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY IN EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR, TO ALLOW A TWO PERCENT (2%) LODGING TAX ON THE RENTAL FEE, PRICE, OR OTHER CONSIDERATION PAID OR CHARGED FOR THE LEASING, RENTAL, SALE, OR FURNISHING OF A ROOM OR ACCOMMODATION FOR A SHORT-TERM PERIOD [A PERIOD OF LESS THAN THIRTY (30) CONSECUTIVE DAYS] IN GILPIN COUNTY, EXCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL AND CITY OF BLACK HAWK THAT CURRENTLY HAVE THEIR OWN ADOPTED LODGING TAX, WITH AT LEAST TEN PERCENT (10%) OF GILPIN COUNTY'S LODGING TAX REVENUE TO BE USED FOR ADVERTISING AND MARKETING LOCAL TOURISM AND THE REMAINING NINETY PERCENT (90%) USED FOR ANY GILPIN COUNTY PURPOSE AUTHORIZED BY LAW, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND SERVICES FACILITATING AND ENHANCING VISITOR EXPERIENCES AND ADDRESSING IMPACTS FROM VISITORS IN THE AREAS OF RECREATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION AND ROADS, CHILDCARE, WORKFORCE HOUSING, AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION, WHICH REVENUE FROM SAID LODGING TAX SHALL BE CREDITED AND DEDICATED TO THE GILPIN COUNTY LODGING TAX FUND, 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 OR ANY OTHER LAW?