Ballot Issue 2A - Lodging Tax for Infrastructure Improvements

SHALL THE TOWN OF KIOWA IMPLEMENT A LODGING TAX OF ONE PERCENT (1%) TO BE USED ONLY TO PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND MAINTENANCE, SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, STREET IMPROVEMENTS, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, STORMWATER UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS, AND ELECTRIC UNDERGROUNDING, BE RETAINED IN A SEGREGATED FUND SEPARATE FROM OTHER TOWN OPERATING FUNDS, AND SHALL THE TOWN OF KIOWA IMPLEMENT A LODGING TAX BE INCREASED BEGINNING IN 2026 (FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR), FOR A TOTAL LODGING TAX OF ONE PERCENT (1%), WITH UP TO 50% OF THE PROCEEDS WITH UP TO FIFTY PERCENT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF ROADS, STREETS, RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND FIFTY PERCENT (50%) IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR ALL OTHER TOWN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS; AND SHALL THE REVENUES GENERATED BY SUCH TAX INCREASE BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE TOWN AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY SPENDING, REVENUE-RAISING, OR OTHER LIMITATION CONTAINED WITHIN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW, AND SHALL THE TOWN OF KIOWA BE AUTHORIZED TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTING SUCH INCREASE AND USE OF THE PROCEEDS IN SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMITY HEREWITH?