Ballot Issue 1A - Lodging Tax to Support Local Workforce

SHALL EAGLE COUNTY TAXES BE INCREASED BY $3,000,000 ANNUALLY COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2023, FROM A TWO PERCENT (2%) LODGING EXCISE 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 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS) IN EAGLE COUNTY, EXCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES OF AVON, BASALT, EAGLE, MINTURN, RED CLIFF AND VAIL THAT CURRENTLY HAVE THEIR OWN ADOPTED LODGING TAX, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL WORKFORCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE BY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CHILDCARE PROGRAMS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL WORKERS, WITH TEN PERCENT (10%) OF SAID REVENUE USED FOR ADVERTISING AND MARKETING LOCAL TOURISM AND THE REMAINING NINETY PERCENT (90%) USED TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL WORKFORCE, WITH ALL SUCH OPERATING AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES SUBJECT TO AN ANNUAL INDEPENDENT AUDIT AND SPENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET LAWS AND PROGRAM CRITERIA DEVELOPED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN A NOTICED AND PUBLIC MEETING, 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 PROVISION OF LAW?