Ballot Question 1A - Lodging Tax Increase to Support County Roads, Public Safety, and Childcare

SHALL ARCHULETA COUNTY LODGING TAXES BE INCREASED BY APPROXIMATELY $1,080,000 ANNUALLY COMMENCING ON JANUARY 1, 2027, AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BY INCREASING THE LODGING TAX RATE FROM TWO PERCENT (2%) TO SIX PERCENT (6%), SUCH LODGING 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 ARCHULETA COUNTY (EXCLUDING THE TOWN OF PAGOSA SPRINGS THAT CURRENTLY HAS ITS OWN ADOPTED LODGING TAX), WITH SUCH INCREASE TO LODGING TAX REVENUES USED AS FOLLOWS: EIGHTY PERCENT (80%) FOR COUNTY ROADS MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT; TEN PERCENT (10%) FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY DISPATCH; TEN PERCENT (10%) FOR CHILDCARE FOR OUR LOCAL WORKFORCE, 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?