Park County Ballot Measure - Issue 1B

Shall Park County taxes be increased by $750,000.00 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 accomodation for a short-term period (a period of less than 30 consecutive days) in Park County, excluding the municipality of Fairplay which currently has its own adopted lodging tax, in order to advertise and market local tourism, provide housing and childcare for the tourism related workforce, including seasonal workers,and for other workers in the community, and facilitate and enhance the visitor experience, with at least ten percent (10%) of said revenue used for advertising and marketing local tourism and the remaining ninety percent (90%) used for housing and childcare for the tourism-related workforce, including seasonal workers, and for other workers in the community, specifically for maintenance and operations of, and capital expenditures for, the acquisition of land and buildings for, and design and construction for, such housing and child care facilities and to facilitate and enhance the visitor experience, specifically for maintenance of, operations related to, and capital expenditures for the design and construction of, roads and bridges, including those serving recreational areas within the county, with all such maintenance, operating and capital expenditures subject to an annual independent audit and spent in compliance with local government budget laws, and shall the first year revenues, and whatever additional amounts are raised annually and the investment income thereon constitute voter-approved revenue changes and be collected and spent by the county without regard to any expenditure, revenue-raising, or other limitation contained in Article X, Section 20 of the Colorado Constitution or any other provision of law?