Ballot Issue 1A - Lodging Tax Increase To Fund Childcare For Our Local Workforce; Public Safety Enhancements; And Advertising And Marketing Local Tourism

SHALL EAGLE COUNTY LODGING TAXES BE INCREASED BY $4,500,000 ANNUALLY COMMENCING ON JANUARY 1, 2026, AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BY INCREASING THE LODGING TAX RATE FROM TWO PERCENT (2%) TO FOUR PERCENT (4%), SUCH TAX TO BE LEVIED 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 OF LESS THAN THIRTY (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), WITH SUCH INCREASED TAX REVENUES USED AS FOLLOWS: -TEN PERCENT (10%) FOR ADVERTISING AND MARKETING LOCAL TOURISM; AND -NINETY PERCENT (90%) FOR CHILDCARE FOR OUR LOCAL WORKFORCE; AND PUBLIC SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WITH ALL SUCH OPERATING AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES SPENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET LAWS AND PROGRAM CRITERIA DEVELOPED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN A NOTICED PUBLIC MEETING, AND SHALL THE FIRST-YEAR REVENUE, AND WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BE COLLECTED AND SPENT AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LIMITATION OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW?