Submit a Comment: Ballot Question on Dedicated Sales Tax for Public Safety
Members of the public have an opportunity to provide input on three Nov. 3, 2026, TABOR ballot questions from Sept. 1 to 18.
The City Clerk's Office is accepting comments for and against the following ballot question in the Ballot Issue Notice. The deadline to submit comments is at noon Friday, Sept. 18.
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Ballot Question: DEDICATED SALES TAX FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
SHALL CITY OF AURORA TAXES BE INCREASED UP TO $6,270,000 AND AS MAY BE GENERATED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY THE IMPOSITION OF A NEW 0.064% SALES AND USE TAX (THAT EQUALS 6.4 CENTS ON EVERY ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR PURCHASE) FOR A PERIOD BEGINNING ON JANUARY 1, 2027 AND ENDING ON DECEMBER 31, 2057, TO PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE OPERATION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, AND IMPROVEMENTS TO POLICE, FIRE, AND OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES;
AND SHALL CITY OF AURORA DEBT BE INCREASED BY AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $53,000,000 WITH A MAXIMUM REPAYMENT COST OF UP TO $101,600,000 TO ACCOMPLISH THE PURPOSES STATED ABOVE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
FIRE STATION RENOVATIONS AND REMODELS;
AURORA 911 AND POLICE FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS;
SUCH DEBT TO CONSIST OF REVENUE BONDS WHICH SHALL BEAR INTEREST, MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND SOLD (AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR) IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH OTHER TERMS, NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE CITY COUNCIL MAY DETERMINE; SHALL THE CITY OF AURORA BE AUTHORIZED TO PAY SUCH BONDS FROM, AND TO SECURE SUCH PAYMENT BY A PLEDGE OF, THE NEW 0.064% SALES AND USE TAX AND OTHER LEGALLY AVAILABLE FUNDS;
AND SHALL THE CITY OF AURORA BE ENTITLED TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND THE FULL REVENUES FROM SUCH TAX INCREASE AND THE PROCEEDS OF ANY INVESTMENT THEREOF NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LIMITATION IN THE STATE CONSTITUTION, STATE LAW OR THE CITY HOME RULE CHARTER?