Higher sales tax proposal heads to November ballot to fund road repairs

Glenwood Springs City Council voted to approve a ballot question that would renew and raise the city’s street tax during Thursday’s regular session.

The question, which will appear before voters in the November election, would determine the fate of the city’s infrastructure fund. The resolution to set the ballot language passed 6-1, with Councilor Jonathan Godes voting no.

The city’s existing street tax is set to expire in December 2026, which passed in 2015 and is collected as a half-cent sales tax. The tax is used to fund the repair, reconstruction and maintenance of existing streets, alleys, curb, gutter and sidewalks, as well as to repair, replace and maintain underground utilities like water and sewer.

Glenwood Springs Community on the Move, an ad hoc committee under the Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association, has been working with the city to recommend the ballot language to extend and raise the sales tax.




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