CLEAR CREEK COUNTY BALLOT ISSUE 1A - Emergency Services Property Tax Increase

SHALL THE CLEAR CREEK COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ("DISTRICT") TAXES BE INCREASED $1,236,058.63 ANNUALLY, BEGINNING IN TAX COLLECTION YEAR 2026, AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS ARE COLLECTED THEREAFTER, FROM A TOTAL PROPERTY TAX OF 11.459 MILLS, TO BE USED FOR: CLEAR CREEK FIRE AUTHORITY: MAINTAINING ADEQUATE STAFFING FOR CLEAR CREEK FIRE AUTHORITY TO PREVENT, RESPOND TO AND SUPPRESS STRUCTURE FIRES AND WILDFIRES; SUPPORTING EFFORTS BY PROPERTY OWNERS TO PROTECT THEIR HOMES AND INCREASE DEFENSIBLE SPACE, EDUCATING PROPERTY OWNERS ABOUT HOW TO MEET INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR HOME HARDENING, DEVELOPING EMERGENCY EGRESS PLANS AND REDUCING RISK OF CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRES; PROTECTING WATER QUALITY IN THE CLEAR CREEK WATERSHED, PROMOTING HEALTHY FORESTS AND ATTRACTING STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS TO ENHANCE THESE EFFORTS; CLEAR CREEK EMS: SUSTAINING CLEAR CREEK EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES' PERFORMANCE LEVELS, INCLUDING NATION-LEADING CARDIAC SAVE RATES, MEDICAL INNOVATIONS AND RAPID LOCAL RESPONSE; ENABLING A THIRD AMBULANCE CREW TO INCREASE THE RELIABILITY AND SPEED OF LOCAL RESPONSE AND TO REDUCE RELIANCE ON MUTUAL AID; WITH ALL EXPENDITURES SUBJECT TO AN ANNUAL INDEPENDENT AUDIT; AND SHALL THE DISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT, RETAIN AND SPEND THE FULL REVENUE FROM THIS TAX AND ANY EARNINGS THEREFROM WITHOUT LIMITATION OR CONDITION AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20, OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES § 29-1-301 OR ANY OTHER LAW?