Palisade: Issue 2D - Tax Increase to fund Tourism Promotion and Emergency Services

SHALL THE TOWN OF PALISADE'S TAXES BE INCREASED BY $200,000 ANNUALLY (FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR INCREASE) AND BY WHATEVER AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY INCREASING THE TOWN'S LEVY OF AN OCCUPATION TAX BY $4.00 FROM THE CURRENT $2.00 TO $6.00 PER DAY PER OCCUPIED ROOM ON THE SHORT TERM RENTAL (LESS THAN 31 CONSECUTIVE DAYS) OF ANY HOTEL ROOM; MOTEL ROOM; LODGING ROOM, MOTOR HOTEL ROOM, BED AND BREAKFAST GUEST ROOM; GUEST HOUSE ROOM; RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK, RESORT OR CAMPGROUND SPACE; OR OTHER SIMILAR ACCOMMODATION LOCATED IN THE TOWN; AND SHALL ALL REVENUES DERIVED FROM SUCH TOTAL OCCUPATION TAX BE COLLECTED AND SPENT, WITH 67 PERCENT OF SUCH REVENUES DIRECTED TO A FUND TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE TOURISM AND 33 PERCENT TO FUND EMERGENCY SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, FIRST RESPONDERS, FIRE, EMS, POLICE, AND SAFETY PERSONNEL, AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE, AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH SHALL THE TOWN BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT AND RETAIN OR EXPEND THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH TAX AND INVESTMENT EARNINGS THEREON FOR SUCH PURPOSES, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY APPLICABLE LIMITATION ON REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, INCLUDING THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE X SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION?