Ballot Question 1A - County-Wide Disaster Recovery and Resilience Sales Tax

SHALL OURAY COUNTY TAXES BE INCREASED $1,050,000 ANNUALLY (FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR DOLLAR INCREASE IN 2027) BY IMPOSING AN ADDITIONAL 0.5% COUNTY-WIDE SALES TAX, DECLINING TO 0.3% AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2030 WITH REVENUES TO BE DIVIDED (70% TO OURAY COUNTY, 15% TO THE CITY OF OURAY AND 15% TO THE TOWN OF RIDGWAY), FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING DISASTER RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE IN OURAY COUNTY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: PROTECTING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, FIRE MITIGATION, LANDSCAPE STABILIZATION, WATERSHED PROTECTION, SUPPORTING ECONOMIC RECOVERY, AND FUNDING THE COUNTY, CITY, AND TOWN, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE AND RECOVERY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS, FOR DECLARED DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES; ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' RESOLUTION NO. 2026-019 AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET LAWS, 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, C.R.S. 29-2-301 ET SEQ., AS AMENDED, OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW?