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1 SAMPLE BALLOT/TABOR NOTICE GENERAL ELECTION TUESDAY NOVEMBER 6, 2018 For further information contact WELD COUNTY CLERK S OFFICE ELECTION DIVISION 1400 N. 17th Ave., Greeley Phone (Greeley Area) X3070 (Other Areas) THIS PAMPHLET CONTAINS SUMMARY STATEMENTS FOR BALLOT PROPOSITIONS AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF COLORADO CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20. A yes vote on any ballot issue is a vote in favor of changing current law or existing circumstances, and a no vote on any ballot issue is a vote against changing current law or existing circumstances. THIS NOTICE IS MAILED TO EACH ADDRESS WITH ONE OR MORE ACTIVE, REGISTERED ELECTORS. YOU MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ON ALL ISSUES PRESENTED. Voters will start receiving ballots the week of October 15, If you have not received your ballot please call the Election Office or you may vote at the locations and times listed inside the front cover. To verify your status, visit I, Carly Koppes, Weld County Clerk & Recorder, certify that the ballot issue notice are complete as submitted by the political subdivisions. NOTICE OF ELECTION TO INCREASE TAXES / TO INCREASE DEBT, ON A CITIZEN PETITION AND / OR ON A REFERRED MEASURE

2 2018 Voter Service and Polling Center with Drop-off Locations Visit any one of our Voter Service and Polling Centers through Election Day to register to vote, replace or request a ballot, update your voter record, and vote on an accessible voting machine. Voter Service and Polling Centers open before and on Election Day. Weekdays: October 22nd November 6th Monday-Friday 8:00 am-5:00 pm Saturdays: October 27th and November 3rd 10:00 am-2:00 pm [Closed Sundays: October 28th, and November 4th] ELECTION DAY: November 6th 7:00 am-7:00 pm Weld County Training Center 1104 H St, Greeley Southwest Weld County Services Complex 4209 County Road 24 1/2, Longmont (Del Camino) Fort Lupton Recreation Center 203 S Harrison Ave, Fort Lupton Trinity Lutheran Church th Ave, Greeley Windsor Recreation Center th St, Windsor Voter Service and Polling Centers open only on Election Day. ELECTION DAY: November 6th 7:00 am-7:00 pm Johnstown Senior Center 101 Charlotte St, Johnstown Keenesburg Town Hall 140 S Main St, Keenesburg Evangelical Free Church rd St, Eaton Erie Community Center 450 Powers St, Erie UNC University Center th Ave, Greeley 24-Hour Drop-off Location October 15th November 6th ELECTION DAY: Closing at 7:00 pm on November 6th No Postage is required when dropping your ballot off at the 24-hour ballot box. Greeley City Hall th St, Greeley Southwest Weld County Services Complex 4209 County Road 24 1/2, Longmont (Del Camino) Fort Lupton Recreation Center 203 S Harrison Ave, Fort Lupton Briggsdale School District (RE-10J) 420 Main St, Briggsdale Carbon Valley Recreation Center 701 5th St, Frederick Erie Community Center 450 Powers St, Erie Evans Community Complex th St, Evans Grover Town Hall 315 Chatoga St, Grover Hudson Library 100 Beech St, Hudson Milliken Town Hall 1101 Broad St, Milliken New Raymer Church 225 County Road 86, New Raymer Nunn Town Hall 185 Lincoln Ave, Nunn Windsor Recreation Center th St, Windsor Lochbuie Town Hall 703 County Road 37, Lochbuie Carbon Valley Recreation Center 701 5th St, Frederick 2 3

3 Ballot Drop-off Location open before and on Election Day Weekdays: October 15th - November 6th Monday-Friday 8:00 am-5:00 pm Saturdays: October 27th and November 3rd 10:00 am-2:00 pm [Closed Saturday: October 20th] [Closed Sundays: October 21st, October 28th, and November 4th] ELECTION DAY: November 6th 7:00 am-7:00 pm Weld County Election Office 1400 N 17th Ave, Greeley (Note: You may also get a replacement ballot in person at the Weld County Election Office) Ballot Drop-off Locations open only on Election Day ELECTION DAY: November 6th 7:00 am-7:00 pm Weld County Election Office Drive up Ballot Drop-Off 1400 N 17th Ave, Greeley Election Date: November 6, 2018 The 2018 General Election will be conducted as a Mail Ballot Election. Ballots will be distributed by mail beginning October 15, Completed ballots must be received by the Weld County Election Office before 7:00 P.M. on Election Day, November 6, Postmarks do not count. To vote, you must be a resident of Colorado for 22 days or more. To verify your voter status and mailing address, visit General Election Official: Carly Koppes, Weld County Clerk and Recorder 1400 N 17th Ave Greeley, CO (Greeley area) x3070 (Other areas) Notice of Election to increase taxes/to increase debt, on a citizen petition and/or on the referred measure. 4 5 This notice is mailed to each address with one or more active, registered voters. You may not be eligible to vote on all issues or candidates presented. Every race in Weld County is represented in the center of the booklet. For example, a voter in Fort Lupton will not be eligible to vote for Mayor of Greeley even though it is listed on the Sample Ballot. Voters will be mailed a ballot that includes only the races they are eligible to vote on. If you are a property owner in a Special District you are eligible to vote for that district s ballot issue even if you are registered to vote in a different part of Weld County. Special District can include: Fire Districts Park and Recreation Districts Water Districts Metropolitan Districts A sample ballot containing these issues has been included in the center of this booklet for easy removal. This pamphlet contains summary statements for ballot propositions as required by the State of Colorado Constitution, Article X, Section 20. Important Notes: Ballot not received: If you have not received your ballot by October 24, 2018, please call the Weld County Election Office at to receive a ballot.

4 Replacement ballot: If you have a damaged ballot or have made a mistake on your ballot, call the Weld County Election Office at to receive a replacement ballot. Last day to request a replacement by mail is October 29, The Weld County Election Office has moved. Our new address is 1400 N 17th Avenue, Greeley, CO We are located in the same building as the Assessor and Treasurer. Your ballot consists of two (2) sheets. Please be sure to return both sheets in your Official Return Envelope. TO ALL REGISTERED VOTERS NOTICE OF ELECTION ON AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER Election Date: November 6, 2018 Election Hours: 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. WELD COUNTY, COLORADO Local Election Office Address and Telephone Number: Carly Koppes Weld County Clerk & Recorder 1402 North 17 th Avenue Greeley, CO Ballot Title and Text: WELD COUNTY REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1A Shall Section 3-6 of the Weld County Home Rule Charter be repealed and reenacted to correct reference to the Department of Finance and Administration and to correct the number of County departments as three rather than four, thus reading as follows? Section Commissioner - Departments. (1) The Department of Finance and Administration shall be coordinated by the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. (2) Each of the other three major departments, as established by Article IV, shall be coordinated by one of the other Commissioners together with assistance from another Commissioner, both of whom shall be appointed by the Board at its first meeting in January each year. Summary of Written Comments FOR REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1A: This is a correction to the charter to reflect that there are three County Departments in addition to the Department of Finance and Administration. (The Department of Human Services is a Statemandated requirement and is not reflected in the Home Rule Charter.) This change will have no effect on County operations or finances. Summary of Written Comments AGAINST REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1A: Ballot Title and Text: WELD COUNTY REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1B Shall Subsection 3-8(4)(b) of the Weld County Home Rule Charter be repealed and reenacted to eliminate the requirement that contracts, and the disposition of real property be approved by the Board of County Commissioners by ordinance only, thus reading as follows? Section Powers and Duties. (4) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or diminishing the total authority and responsibility of the Board as herein provided, the powers and duties of the Board shall include duties and powers to: 6 7

5 (b) Enact legislation including such means of enforcement thereof as shall be authorized by law, and otherwise formally promulgate county policy. Unless otherwise required by statute, the Board shall act only by ordinance in matters of legislation and appropriations, and by ordinance, resolution or motion, as may be appropriate, in other matters. Summary of Written Comments FOR REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1B: The requirement that all contracts and real property dispositions approved through the County s Ordinance procedure is unwieldy and impractical as it can add as much as 60 days to these processes. In many cases, there are requirements that these types of agreements must occur more quickly. In some cases, separate procedures have been developed to alleviate the procedural congestion required by this requirement. For legislation and financial matters, the procedures remain unchanged. Because of the special procedures which have been used, there will effectively be no change to County processes. In addition, if also passed, Ballot Question 1G will require additional Public Notice for large, unbudgeted expenditures. Summary of Written Comments AGAINST REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1B: Ballot Title and Text: WELD COUNTY REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1C Shall the outdated Subsection 3-9(3) of the Weld County Home Rule Charter, which set the Commissioner initial annual salaries upon enactment of the Charter in 1976, be repealed? Summary of Written Comments FOR REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1C: This section of the Charter was only applicable during the initial period enactment of the Charter. It has been entirely superseded due to normal operation of the County Government. Summary of Written Comments AGAINST REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1C: Ballot Title and Text: WELD COUNTY REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1D Shall Section 3-11 of the Weld County Home Rule Charter be repealed and reenacted to amend its title to Official Meetings and to correct grammatical errors to Subsection (1), thus reading as follows? Section Official Meetings. (1) Regular Board meetings shall be held at least twice weekly on days to be determined by the Board by resolution; however, regular meeting may be cancelled by resolution of the Board passed and publicly announced at least ten (10) days prior to the cancelled meeting date. Summary of Written Comments FOR REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1D: This change affirms the reference in Section 3-10 to official Board meetings. As stated in Section 3-10, no action shall be taken by the Board other than at an official meeting. This change makes the terminology of Section 3-11 consistent with Section Summary of Written Comments AGAINST REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1D: Ballot Title and Text: WELD COUNTY REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1E Shall a new Subsection 6-5(5) be enacted to the Weld County Home Rule Charter to disallow convicted felons from being elected or appointed to County office, thus reading as follows? Section Qualifications. (5) A person who has been convicted of a felony shall not be eligible to be elected or appointed to County office. Summary of Written Comments FOR REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1E: This new section of the Charter would preclude persons who have been convicted of serious crimes from serving in an elected or appointed position in the County, thereby reducing the risk of criminal activities. Enforcement would be accomplished either by a failure to meet this requirement, or in the case that a person s qualifications are misrepresented prior to election or appointment, the person could be removed from office by the County Council under Section 13-8(5) of the Charter. Summary of Written Comments AGAINST REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1E: Ballot Title and Text: WELD COUNTY REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1F Shall the outdated Section 10-6 of the Weld County Home Rule Charter, which says the County shall not be required to furnish the Sheriff or any deputy with living quarters because they are keepers of the jail, be repealed? Summary of Written Comments FOR REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1F: This is an outdated section of the Charter that was based on previous State requirements. This provision is no longer needed, and its elimination will have no impact on operation of the County. Summary of Written Comments AGAINST REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1F: Ballot Title and Text: WELD COUNTY REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1G Shall Section 16-6 of the Weld County Home Rule Charter be repealed and reenacted to require notice to the public by two publications ten days apart prior to approval of contracts for expenditures in the amount of $2,500,000 or greater by the Board of County Commissioners, thus reading as follows? Section Public Notice. Notice to the public of ordinances and of certain official acts, events, determinations, proceedings or meetings shall be given. Unless defined otherwise in the ordinances, rules or laws pertaining to the procedure to which the public notice relates, public notice may be by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the County or by such other media and in such form as may be prescribed by the Board; except in the case of approval of contracts for expenditures in the amount of $2,500,000 or greater that are not identified within the County Budget, notice shall be by two publications ten days apart prior to approval. When the notice informs the public of some event to take place in the future, it shall be published at least five days prior to such event. 8 9

6 Summary of Written Comments FOR REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1G: This addition to the Public Notice requirements mandates that large, unbudgeted expenditures must be the subject of a notice to the Public, prior to approval. Generally, items that have been included in the budget process, have been implicitly subjected to notice, but occasionally large expenditures come before the Board that have not been through the budget process. This section would assure that the Public is made aware of such expenditures. This change is proposed to provide substantial consistency in the description of the elected officials and officers. It would eliminate any confusion in the descriptions of such persons. Summary of Written Comments AGAINST REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1I: Summary of Written Comments AGAINST REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1G: Ballot Title and Text: WELD COUNTY REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1H Shall the title to Article XVII of the Weld County Home Rule Charter be repealed and reenacted, and a new Section 17-3 be enacted to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, to authorize the Board of County Commissioners to make non-substantive revisions to the Charter, thus reading as follows? ARTICLE XVII - AMENDMENTS AND NON-SUBSTANTIVE REVISIONS TO CHARTER Section 17-3 Non-Substantive Revisions. (1) The Board of County Commissioners may, without approval of the voters, adopt an ordinance that makes the following types of revisions to this Home Rule Charter: (a) Renumbering, revising titles, and rearranging parts thereof; (b) Correcting errors in spelling, grammar, cross-references, and punctuation; (c) Revising language to reflect modern usage and style; and (d) Correcting obvious inconsistencies between sections. (2) A revision adopted pursuant to this Section is not intended to and is not to be interpreted as making any substantive change in any Charter provision. (3) Summary of Written Comments FOR REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1H: There are numerous minor grammatical, punctuation and other errors throughout the Charter as a result of changed usage and meanings since the Charter was approved. Currently, these errors can only be corrected through the Amendment procedure, which is burdensome for the citizens. This provision would allow corrections and revisions of these types of errors through the County s Ordinance procedures, which require 3 public readings of the proposed changes, thereby offering a substantial opportunity for public scrutiny and oversight. Any attempt to substantially amend or change the Charter through this process is explicitly prohibited. Summary of Written Comments AGAINST REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1H: Ballot Title and Text: WELD COUNTY REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1I Shall the word, elective, be amended to the word, elected, when referring to elected office or elected officer(s) of the County, in Sections 2-2, 5-3(3), 6-1, 6-3, 6-6(2), 13-2(2), 16-1, 16-7, 16-9, 18-3, and 18-6, and in the title to Article VI of the Weld County Home Rule Charter? Summary of Written Comments FOR REFERRED BALLOT QUESTION 1I: 10 11

7 NOTICE OF ELECTION TO INCREASE TAXES ON A REFERRED MEASURE TOWN OF FREDERICK COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO Estimated 2019 fiscal year spending without the tax increase authorized by the ballot proposal: $6,631,305. Summary of Written Comments FOR Ballot Issue No. 2A: Election Date: Election Hours: Election Office Addresses and Telephone Numbers: Carly Koppes Weld County Clerk and Recorder 1400 N. 17 th Avenue Greeley, CO Telephone: (970) Tuesday, November 6, :00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 2A is a vital initiative to provide law enforcement with the manpower and resources necessary to keep themselves and our community safe. The proceeds from the one percent sales tax would be dedicated for law enforcement needs. Summary of Written Comments AGAINST Ballot Issue No. 2A: No summary was filed by the statutory deadline. BALLOT ISSUE 2A: SHALL THE TOWN OF FREDERICK TAXES BE INCREASED BY $1,950,000 ANNUALLY COMMENCING IN 2019 AND THEN ANNUALLY BY SUCH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS AS ARE RAISED THEREAFTER FROM THE LEVY OF AN ADDITIONAL SALES AND USE TAX OF 1 (ONE) PERCENT, BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2019, WITH PROCEEDS USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES (POLICE SERVICES), INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONAL EXPENSES, SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT, AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES RELATING TO POLICE SERVICES AND SHALL SUCH TAX REVENUES BE COLLECTED UPON THE TOWN S EXISTING SALES AND USE TAX BASE, RETAINED, AND SPENT AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANY REVENUE EXPENDITURE LIMIT CONTAINED WITHIN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? YES NO Fiscal Year Spending Information: Actual historical and current estimated fiscal year spending information: Year Fiscal Year Spending 2014 (Actual) $4,491, (Actual) $5,149, (Actual) $5,792, (Actual) $4,898, (Estimated) $6,083,020 Overall percentage change from 2014 through 2018: 35.45%. Overall dollar change from 2014 through 2018: $1,591,963. Full First Year Estimates Maximum 2019 tax increase authorized by the ballot proposal: $1,950,

8 TO: ALL REGISTERED VOTERS NOTICE OF ELECTION TO INCREASE TAXES ON A REFERRED MEASURE Election Date: November 6, 2018 Election Hours: 7:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. Local Election Office Address and Telephone Number: Town of Mead Town Clerk s Office 441 Third Street PO Box 626 Mead, CO (970) Ballot Title and Text: TOWN OF MEAD BALLOT ISSUE 2B SHALL TOWN OF MEAD SALES AND USE TAXES BE INCREASED $1,300,000 IN 2019 (FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR DOLLAR INCREASE) AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY THE IMPOSITION OF AN ADDITIONAL SALES AND USE TAX OF 1% (INCREASING THE TOWN S SALES TAX AND USE TAX FROM 2% TO 3%), FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDING FOR: POLICE OFFICERS TO ENSURE SAFETY OF OFFICERS AND IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE SERVICES; PROVIDING NON-EMERGENCY SERVICES INCLUDING PUBLIC EDUCATION OUTREACH AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS; 911 DISPATCH SERVICES; POLICE TRAINING; REPLACING COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND OTHER PUBLIC-SAFETY RELATED EQUIPMENT ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS; MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING STREETS AND ROADS WITHIN THE TOWN OF MEAD, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THIRD STREET (WCR 7) NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD 34.5, THE INTERSECTION OF WELKER ROAD AND THIRD STREET, AND THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 66 AT THIRD STREET (WCR 7); AND PRESERVING OTHER CAPITAL ASSETS OF THE TOWN, COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2019, AND CONTINUING THEREAFTER, AND SHALL THE TOWN OF MEAD BE ENTITLED TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND THE FULL REVENUES FROM SUCH SALES AND USE TAX INCREASE WITHOUT STATUTORY OR CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATION OR CONDITION, INCLUDING ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES , OR ANY OTHER LAW AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS OR AS IT MAY BE AMENDED IN THE FUTURE AND WITHOUT LIMITING IN ANY YEAR THE AMOUNT OF OTHER REVENUES THAT MAY BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE TOWN, AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT THE TOWN MANAGER SHALL ANNUALLY REPORT TO THE TOWN BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE REVENUES FROM THE TAX INCREASE HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED OR USED IN THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR? Actual Historical & Current Estimated Fiscal Year Spending Information: Year Fiscal Year Spending 2014 (actual) $ 5,027, (actual) $ 4,124, (actual) $ 4,820, (actual) $ 6,891, (current year est.) $ 6,275,789 Overall percentage change in fiscal year spending over the five year period from 2014 through 2018: 25% Overall dollar change in fiscal year spending over the five year period from 2014 through 2018: $ 1,248,326 Estimated 2019 fiscal year spending without taking into account the tax increase by the ballot proposal: $ 7,647,427 Estimated 2019 tax increase authorized by the ballot proposal: $ 1,300,000 Summary of Written Comments FOR Ballot Issue 2B: Historically, the Town of Mead s sales and use tax rate of 2% is among the lowest of all communities along the Front Range. Even if the 1% increase is approved, the Town will still have one of the lowest tax rates along the Front Range. For example, the Town of Frederick, is currently at 2.5% and is asking its voters for a 1% increase at the same time as Mead. Revenues raised from the sales and use tax increase will be dedicated to the public safety purposes. Specifically, the Town will use the revenues to adequately staff and equip the Mead Police Department and fix Town roads as stated in the text of the ballot issue. If Issue 2B is passed, Town residents can expect to see an increase in Police Department staffing and a corresponding reduction in the offense and crime rate. If Issue 2B is passed, the Town will also have increased fiscal capacity to fund critical roadway maintenance and improvement projects including but not limited to Third Street (WCR 7) north of WCR 34.5, the intersection of Welker Road and 3 rd Street, and the Intersection of Highway 66 at Third Street (WCR 7). The Town will also be in a better 14 15

9 TO: ALL REGISTERED VOTERS position to provide matching Town funds for grants that may be available to fund portions of other local intersection improvements. Funding public safety through a sales and use tax increase makes sense. Unlike property taxes which are applied to and paid by Town property owners only, a sales tax will spread the burden of the tax across individuals who visit, or are passing through the Town. Passing the proposed tax increase is important because it will allow the Town to provide additional equipment and training to the Police Department to ensure that Town law enforcement officers are prepared and equipped to deal with violent criminals. The Mead Police Department will be able to be adequately staffed to provide proactive policing focused on crime reduction and provide a school resource officer. The students in our schools will benefit from a trained Mead policeman being present in the school. Taxpayers will know exactly where the money is being spent. The language of the ballot issue requires the Town Manager to report to the Town s Board of Trustees on an annual basis detailing the purposes for which the revenues from the tax increase have been designated or use in the preceding calendar year. A yes vote on Issue 2B will result in both improved public safety and increased transparency. Summary of Written Comments AGAINST Ballot Issue 2B: This is a 50% tax increase. Since 2003, Mead s population has increased by just over double, from 2,000 to 4,500 residents, while the total Sales/Use Tax collected has more than quadrupled. Town population in 2003 was 2,000. Total Sales/Use Tax collected was $412,600. Town population in 2018 is 4,500. Total Sales/Use Tax collected in 2017 was $1,800,700. The Town receives more in Property Tax revenue as a result of the last increased assessed value of our homes. If any resident of the Town of Mead buys a vehicle anywhere, Mead Sales Tax is collected at registration. For example: If a $15, vehicle is purchased this tax increase will add $ (from $ to $450.00) in Mead Sales Tax to the cost. We all want Public Safety and better roads, but our Town spends money on things not immediately needed and has ignored things we all need now such as road repair and police. Mead has annexed roads that are in disrepair, some not paved, while ignoring the existing road repair needs. Priorities need to be adjusted. The numbers above speak for themselves. Our Town has a spending problem, not an income problem. VOTE NO Against this Tax Increase. NOTICE OF ELECTION TO INCREASE TAXES ON A REFERRED MEASURE City of Dacono Weld County, Colorado Election Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Election Hours: 7:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. Local Election Office Address and Telephone Number: Weld County Clerk and Recorder 1400 North 17 th Avenue Greeley, Co Telephone: (970) ext 3070 CITY OF DACONO BALLOT ISSUE 2C: SHALL THE CITY OF DACONO, COLORADO BE INCLUDED IN THE HIGH PLAINS LIBRARY DISTRICT, FOR WHICH THE CURRENT RATE OF PROPERTY TAX LEVIED IS MILLS? Total High Plains Library District Fiscal Year Spending*: Fiscal Year 2018 (estimated) $ 30,090, (actual) $ 21,330, (actual) $ 34,723, (actual) $ 22,472, (actual) $ 25,167, Overall percentage change from 2014 to 2018: 19.56% Overall dollar change from 2014 to 2018: $ 4,923, *The District s revenues may be collected, retained and spent without limitation or condition as a voter approved revenue change. High Plains Library District Estimates Regarding the Proposed Tax Increase: Estimate of the maximum dollar amount of the proposed tax increase for fiscal year 2019 (the first full year of the proposed tax increase) by inclusion of the City in the High Plains Library District: $249, Estimate of the High Plains Library District s 2019 fiscal year spending without the proposed tax increase (without inclusion of the City into the District): $ 47,624, Summary of Written Comments FOR Referred Issue 2C: I m in support of the inclusion into the High Plains Library District. I think it s important for children residing within the City to have a library that they can go to and have access to computers and books, whereas they might not otherwise. Joining the library district is vital to building a digitally inclusive community and providing gateways to broadband and computers for all Dacono residents. Libraries constantly are adding e-books, expanding catalogs of digital literature and magazines, as well as providing free streaming and downloadable music and video content. Summary of Written Comments AGAINST Referred Issue 2C: Libraries are not needed in a 24/7 digital age of e-books and Google. Why pay higher property taxes for a service that most people can get through their cell phone or home internet? 16 17

10 TO ALL REGISTERED VOTERS NOTICE OF ELECTION TO INCREASE TAXES ON A REFERRED MEASURE TOWN OF HUDSON WELD COUNTY, COLORADO Election Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Election Hours: Tuesday, November 6 (Election Day) 7:00AM to 7:00PM Local Election Office Address and Telephone Number: Weld County Clerk and Recorder 1400 N. 17 th Avenue Greeley, CO Designated Election Official: Charity Young, Acting Town Clerk Town of Hudson Ballot Issue 2H SHALL TOWN OF HUDSON TAXES BE INCREASED BY ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($150,000) ANNUALLY IN THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR (2019), AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF A LODGING TAX AT THE RATE OF FOUR PERCENT (4%) ON THE PRICE PAID FOR THE LEASING OR RENTAL OF ANY OCCUPIED HOTEL ROOM, MOTEL ROOM, LODGING HOUSE, BED AND BREAKFAST, OR OTHER ACCOMMODATION, AND SHALL ALL REVENUES DERIVED FROM SUCH LODGING TAX BE USED FOR PARK AND RECREATION USES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ASSOCIATED EVENTS, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSES, AND SHALL THE TOWN BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT, RETAIN AND SPEND SUCH TAX REVENUES, INCLUDING FOR EACH YEAR, ANY INVESTMENT EARNINGS AND INTEREST ON SUCH REVENUES, AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20, OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? YES NO Total Town Fiscal Year Spending: Fiscal Year 2018 (Estimated) $ 6,762, (Actual) $ 5,634, (Actual) $ 7,325, (Actual) $6,508, (Actual) $ 3,659,003 Overall percentage change from 2014 to 2018: 85% Overall dollar change from 2014 to 2018: $3,103,255 First Full Fiscal Year Estimates Town Estimate of the Maximum Dollar Amount of the Proposed Tax Increase for Fiscal Year 2019 (the First Full Fiscal Year of the Proposed Tax): Ballot Issue No. 2H: $150,000 Town Estimated 2019 Fiscal Year Spending Without Taking into Account the Proposed Tax: $ 6,763,758 Comments: Summary of written comments IN FAVOR Ballot Issue No. 2H: 18 19

11 Summary of written comments AGAINST Ballot Issue No. 2H: Overall percentage change from 2014 to 2018: 85% Town of Hudson Overall dollar change from 2014 to 2018: $3,103,255 Ballot Issue 2I SHALL TOWN OF HUDSON TAXES BE INCREASED BY TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,000) ANNUALLY IN THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR (2019), AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY IMPOSING AN ADDITIONAL SALES TAX OF 3% ON THE SALE OF RETAIL MARIJUANA AND RETAIL MARIJUANA PRODUCTS IF THE REGISTERED ELECTORS OF THE TOWN DETERMINE TO ALLOW THE SALE OF RETAIL MARIJUANA AND RETAIL MARIJUANA PRODUCTS, WITH THE TAX REVENUES BEING USED TO FUND GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENSES AS DETERMINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL, WITH THE RATE OF THE TAX BEING ALLOWED TO BE INCREASED OR DECREASED WITHOUT FURTHER VOTER APPROVAL SO LONG AS THE RATE OF TAXATION DOES NOT EXCEED 8%, AND WITH THE RESULTING TAX REVENUE BEING ALLOWED TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY EXPENDITURE, REVENUE RAISING, OR OTHER LIMITATION CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, 20, OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? First Full Fiscal Year Estimates Town Estimate of the Maximum Dollar Amount of the Proposed Tax Increase for Fiscal Year 2019 (the First Full Fiscal Year of the Proposed Tax): Ballot Issue No. 2H: $200,000 Town Estimated 2019 Fiscal Year Spending Without Taking into Account the Proposed Tax: $ 6,763,758 Comments: Yes No Summary of written comments IN FAVOR Ballot Issue No. 2I: Total Town Fiscal Year Spending: Fiscal Year Summary of written comments AGAINST Ballot Issue No. 2I: 2018 (Estimated) $ 6,762, (Actual) $ 5,634, (Actual) $ 7,325, (Actual) $6,508, (Actual) $ 3,659,003 Overall percentage change from 2014 to 2018: 85% 20 21

12 TO: ALL REGISTERED VOTERS NOTICE OF ELECTION TO INCREASE TAXES ON A REFERRED MEASURE CITY OF EVANS Weld County, Colorado Election Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Election Hours: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Local Election Office Address and Telephone Number: Weld County Clerk & Recorder P.O. Box 459 Greeley, Colorado Telephone: Karen Frawley, City Clerk City of Evans th Street Evans, Colorado Ballot Title and Text: Ballot Issue 2K SHALL CITY OF EVANS TAXES BE INCREASED $3.2 MILLION IN 2019 (THE FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR OF THE TAX INCREASE) AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS MAY BE GENERATED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER THROUGH THE IMPOSITION OF AN ADDITIONAL CITY-WIDE SALES AND USE TAX OF 1.00% (FOR A TOTAL SALES AND USE TAX OF 4.5%) TO BE UTILIZED EXCLUSIVELY FOR MAINTAINING AND OPERATING THE STREETS OF THE CITY, INCLUDING RESURFACING, RECONSTRUCTION, AND RELATED CONCRETE WORK IN THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY; SUCH TAX INCREASE TO COMMENCE JANUARY 1, 2019, AND SHALL CONTINUE THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2025, AND SHALL ALL REVENUES RECEIVED FROM SUCH TAX INCREASE AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME THEREON BE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? Total City Fiscal Year Spending Fiscal Year 2018 (estimated) $16,086, (actual) $21,397,574* 2016 (actual) $15,101, (actual) $16,778, (actual) $17,448,545 Overall percentage change from 2014 to 2018 (7.8)% Overall dollar change from 2014 to 2018 $(1,361,953) *Fiscal year spending for 2017 includes approximately $4 million attributable to the City s wastewater fund as that fund lost its enterprise status in that year. Proposed Tax Increase City Estimate of the Maximum Dollar Amount of the Proposed Tax Increase For Fiscal Year 2019 (the First Full Fiscal Year of the Proposed Tax Increase): BALLOT ISSUE NO. 2K: $3,200,000 City Estimate of 2019 Fiscal Year Spending Without Proposed Tax Increase: $21,819,293 Summary of Written Comments FOR Ballot Issue No. 2K: As we are all keenly aware, our City is faced with aging streets that are poorly repaired. Whether we are dodging pot holes, annoyed by deteriorating road surfaces, or praying we don t get a rock chip in our windshield from loose gravel, we can all agree the roads need to be repaired! Studies show the City s roads are in extremely poor condition and bringing them up to par would take an additional $2.2 million in revenues; money the City simple does not have. Ballot Issue 2K will provide the City with the necessary revenues, allowing residents to share the costs with users of our streets. By adding one penny in sales tax to each dollar spent in our municipality, the City will be able to generate the revenues necessary to bring our roads up to a far better condition. This would translate into safer roads, increase home values, and increased appeal for our wonderful City. Furthermore, by gaining money through a sales tax versus a property tax, residents should save money. To put it into perspective, to generate the necessary $2.2 million in revenues through property taxes the City would need to increase the current mill by nearly 200%! However, by adding a one cent sales tax they can generate the revenue without overburdening residents. Additionally, revenues generated from the one cent sales tax increase would be restricted strictly for roads and could not be used to fund anything else, giving the residents piece of mind that the repairs will be done. Benefits of 2K are as follows: 1. The tax is shared by all users of our roads, not just residents 2. The money would be restricted in use 3. Better roads should lead to increased home values, putting money right back into resident s pockets 4. The tax sunsets after 7 years, allowing residents to see the progress made by the City 22 23

13 As a parent who drives my children on our roads each and every day, I will happily invest a penny on the dollar to know our roads will be safer. Ballot measure 2K is a great investment for our roads, our City and our future! NOTICE OF ELECTION TO WELD COUNTY Summary of Written Comments AGAINST Ballot Issue No. 2K: ELECTION DATE: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2018 ELECTION HOURS: 7:00A.M. TO 7:00 P.M. LOCAL ELECTION OFFICE: Ballot Title and Text: JULIE PIPER, DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL TOWN OF KERSEY rd Street, Kersey, CO (970) The ballot issue which will be voted upon by the registered electors of the Town of Kersey is as follows: BALLOT TITLE SHALL THE TOWN OF KERSEY, COLORADO TAXES BE INCREASED EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2019 IN THE AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY $35,000 IN THE FIRST FULL YEAR, AND BY WHATEVER AMOUNT IS COLLECTED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BY INCREASING THE SALES TAX FROM 3.6% to 4.0% TO BE USED FOR STREETS, DRAINAGE, CURB AND GUTTER, AND GENERAL TOWN EXPENSES AND SHALL THE TOWN BE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE, RETAIN AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF THE TOWN SALES TAX AND ALL REVENUE WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY SPENDING OR REVENUE LIMITATION CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND THE RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN PART 3, ARTICLE 1, TITLE 29 COLORADO REVISED STATUTES? YES NO Actual, historical, and current estimated fiscal year spending information: Total Town Fiscal Year Spending Fiscal Year 2018 (estimated) $2,353, (actual) $1,986, (actual) $1,897,

14 2015 (actual) $1,963, (actual) $1,555,000 Overall percentage change in fiscal year spending over the five-year period from 2014 to 2018: 51.33% Overall dollar change in fiscal year spending over the five-year period from 2014 to 2018: $798,233 increase TO ALL REGISTERED VOTERS NOTICE OF ELECTION TO INCREASE TAXES ON A REFERRED MEASURE TOWN OF GILCREST WELD COUNTY, COLORADO Election Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Summary of Written Comments FOR the Ballot Issue Filed with the Town Clerk: Presently the city sales tax in Kersey is 3.6 percent. In a couple of months the town will lose over $200 thousand in tax revenue due to one user s move away from Town. I am asking the voters of Kersey for a tax change of 0.4 tenths of a percent bringing the city sales tax to an even 4 cents on a dollar. Most of the revenue will come from people traveling through our town. Your vote will be greatly appreciated. Summary of Written Comments AGAINST the Ballot Issue: Election Hours: Tuesday, November 6 (Election Day) 7:00AM to 7:00PM Local Election Office Address and Telephone Number: Weld County Clerk and Recorder 1400 N. 17 th Avenue Greeley, CO Designated Election Official: Gail Odenbaugh, Town Clerk 26 27

15 ALL REGISTERED VOTERS TOWN OF NUNN WELD COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Ballot Issue 2M: SHALL THE TOWN OF GILCREST TAXES BE INCREASED ZERO DOLLARS ($00.00) ANNUALLY IN 2019, AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE COLLECTED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BY THE ADOPTION OF A LODGING OCCUPATIONAL TAX OF FOUR PERCENT (4%) PER DAY ON THE COST OF THE PROVISION OF HOTEL ROOMS AND OTHER SIMILAR ACCOMMODATIONS IN TOWN, AND SHALL THE TOWN BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE FULL PROCEEDS OF SUCH TAX WITHOUT LIMITATION AND WITHOUT LIMITING THE EXPENDITURE OF ANY OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20, OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION? YES NO Total Town Fiscal Year Spending: Fiscal Year 2018 (Estimated) $ 768, (Actual) $ 598, (Actual) $ 785, (Actual) $ 535, (Actual) $ 514,863 Overall percentage change from 2014 to 2018: 33.00% Overall dollar change from 2014 to 2018: $253,573 First Full Fiscal Year Estimates Town Estimate of the Maximum Dollar Amount of the Proposed Tax Increase for Fiscal Year 2019 (the First Full Fiscal Year of the Proposed Tax): Ballot Issue No. 2M: $00.00 NOTICE OF ELECTION ON REFERRED MEASURE TO CONFORM ORDINANCES TO COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, SECTION Election date: November 6, 2018 Election hours: 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM Local election office address and phone number: Ballot title and text: Town Clerks Office Town of Nunn 185 Lincoln Avenue Nunn, CO REFERRED MEASURE 2N SHALL TOWN OF NUNN ORDINANCES BE AMENDED, WITHOUT ANY INCREASE IN TAXES TO BE ASSESSED OR TAX REVENUES TO BE COLLECTED, TO CONFORM THOSE ORDINANCES WITH SECTION OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES AS AMENDED BY COLORADO SENATE BILL SUCH THAT THE TOWN S CURRENT EXCISE TAX ON UNPROCESSED CULTIVATED RETAIL MARIJUANA WILL APPLY TO THE FIRST SALE OR TRANSFER OF UNPROCESSED RETAIL MARIJUANA BY A RETAIL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITY AT A RATE OF 5% OF THE AVERAGE MARKET RATE, AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE PURSUANT TO SECTION OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, OF THE UNPROCESSED RETAIL MARIJUANA IF THE TRANSACTION IS BETWEEN AFFILIATED RETAIL MARIJUANA BUSINESS LICENSEES, AND AT A RATE OF 5% OF THE CONTRACT PRICE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, FOR UNPROCESSED RETAIL MARIJUANA IF THE TRANSACTION IS BETWEEN UNAFFILIATED RETAIL MARIJUANA BUSINESS LICENSEES. Town Estimated 2019 Fiscal Year Spending Without Taking into Account the Proposed Tax: $ 690,298 Comments: Summary of written comments IN FAVOR Ballot Issue No. 2M: YES Summary of written comments filed by persons for the issue: NO Summary of written comments AGAINST Ballot Issue No. 2M: This ballot measure would help protect the town's right to collect taxes that the voters have already approved. Summary of written comments filed by persons against the issue: No comments were filed by the applicable deadline

16 CITY OF GREELEY, COLORADO NOTICE OF ELECTION TO ALL REGISTERED VOTERS Election Date and Hours: Tuesday, November 6, :00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. Election Office Address and Telephone Number: Local Election Office Address and Telephone Number: Office of the Weld County Clerk and Recorder Elections Department 1400 North 17 th Avenue Greeley, Colorado (970) Greeley City Clerk's Office th Street Greeley, Colorado (970) SUMMARY OF WRITTEN COMMENTS AGAINST THE PROPOSAL: FISCAL INFORMATION TOTAL CITY OF GREELEY FISCAL YEAR SPENDING: Year Total Fiscal Year Spending 2018 (estimated) $136,616, (actual) $137,474, (actual $128,586, (actual) $117,552, (actual) $113,726,872 NOTICE OF ELECTION ON REFERRED MEASURE NO. 2O Overall dollar change, : $22,889,926 Overall percent change, : 20.13% WITHOUT INCREASING THE RATE OF ANY TAX, SHALL THE EXISTING 0.30% SALES AND USE TAX RATE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31, 2022 BE EXTENDED THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2042 FOR QUALITY OF LIFE PURPOSES AS ORIGINALLY APPROVED AND, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2019, SHALL SUCH PURPOSES ALSO INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION CAPACITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND NECESSARY BUILDING MAINTENANCE? YES NO SUMMARY OF WRITTEN COMMENTS FOR THE PROPOSAL: Ballot Measure 2O does not increase our tax rates. State demographers are certain Greeley s population will top 150,000 within the next 15 years. Ballot Measure 2O provides the necessary funding to keep our transportation capacity and stay abreast of our neighborhood parks and facilities needs. It will also provide matching funds for Greeley to partner with the Colorado Department of Transportation on Highway 34 safety improvements. SUMMARY OF WRITTEN COMMENTS AGAINST THE PROPOSAL: NOTICE OF ELECTION ON REFERRED MEASURE NO. 2P WITHOUT INCREASING THE RATE OF ANY TAX, SHALL THE EXISTING 0.16% SALES AND USE TAX RATE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31, 2024 BE EXTENDED THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2044 FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSES AS ORIGINALLY APPROVED AND, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2019, SHALL SUCH PURPOSES ALSO INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND STAFFING OF PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES? YES NO SUMMARY OF WRITTEN COMMENTS FOR THE PROPOSAL: Ballot Measure 2P does not increase our tax rates. Ballot Measure 2P merely continues the public safety funding source that built our Police Station on 10 th Street. Greeley now needs to replace, build and staff new fire stations to accommodate the growth we are experiencing as evidenced by the dramatic increase in 911 calls we ve recorded since the year Firefighters will be added to staff new stations as they come online from this funding source. Greeley s public safety needs cannot be addressed without voter support for 2P

17 CITY OF LONGMONT CITY OF LONGMONT CITY OF LONGMONT NOTICE OF ELECTION TO INCREASE DEBT ON A REFERRED MEASURE Election Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Election Hours: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Designated Election Official: Dawn Quintana, City Clerk 350 Kimbark St. Longmont, CO Phone: (303) CITY OF LONGMONT BALLOT ISSUE 3A REVENUE BONDS FOR FUNDING THE REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF CITY BUILDINGS. WITHOUT INCREASING TAX RATES OR IMPOSING ANY NEW TAX, SHALL THE CITY OF LONGMONT DEBT BE INCREASED IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $16,430,000, WITH A TOTAL REPAYMENT COST OF NOT TO EXCEED $26,623,611 FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING THE REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF CITY BUILDINGS, INCLUDING THE CIVIC CENTER, LIBRARY, SAFETY AND JUSTICE CENTER, AND OTHER FACILITIES; AND SHALL THE DEBT BE PAID FROM SUCH LEGALLY AVAILABLE REVENUES, BEAR INTEREST, AND BE SOLD IN ONE SERIES OR MORE AT A PRICE ABOVE, BELOW OR EQUAL TO THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SUCH BONDS AND WITH SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF PREMIUM, ALL AS THE CITY COUNCIL MAY DETERMINE? YES/FOR THE MEASURE FISCAL INFORMATION NO/AGAINST THE MEASURE Actual Historical and Current Estimated Fiscal Year Spending Year Fiscal Year Spending 2018 (estimated) $155,924, (actual) $146,803, (actual) $131,433, (actual) $118,650, (actual) $146,568,234 Overall percentage change in fiscal year spending over the five-year period from 2014 to 2018: 6.38% Overall dollar change in fiscal year spending over the five-year period from 2014 through 2018: $9,356,431 Proposed Bonded Debt Proposed Principal Amount: $16,430,000 Maximum Annual Repayment Cost: $ 1,331,181 Total Repayment Cost: $26,623,611 Current District Bonded Debt Principal Amount Outstanding: $32,605,000 Maximum Annual Repayment Cost: $ 5,238,857 Total Repayment Cost: $41,018,217 SUMMARY OF COMMENTS FOR THE ISSUE No comment were received by the Constitutional deadline. SUMMARY OF COMMENTS AGAINST THE ISSUE This measure would obligate Longmont taxpayers to pay 26.6 million principal and interest of the total 53 million obligation should all three measures pass. These buildings are already pledged as security should the Twin Peaks mall tenants not be able to pay their rent. Longmont had to trim the 2019 budget due to a sales tax shortfall. This is not the time to increase the city's indebtedness, to be paid from uncertain and variable sales tax revenues. CITY OF LONGMONT BALLOT ISSUE 3B REVENUE BONDS FOR FUNDING FIRE STATION RENOVATION OR REPLACEMENT. WITHOUT INCREASING TAX RATES OR IMPOSING ANY NEW TAX, SHALL THE CITY OF LONGMONT DEBT BE INCREASED IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $9,580,000, WITH A TOTAL REPAYMENT COST OF NOT TO EXCEED $15,523,688 FOR THE PURPOSE OF RENOVATING OR REPLACING FIRE STATIONS #2 AND #6; AND SHALL THE DEBT BE PAID FROM SUCH LEGALLY AVAILABLE REVENUES, BEAR INTEREST, AND BE SOLD IN ONE SERIES OR MORE AT A PRICE ABOVE, BELOW OR EQUAL TO THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SUCH BONDS AND WITH SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF PREMIUM, ALL AS THE CITY COUNCIL MAY DETERMINE? YES/FOR THE MEASURE FISCAL INFORMATION NO/AGAINST THE MEASURE Actual Historical and Current Estimated Fiscal Year Spending Year Fiscal Year Spending 2018 (estimated) $155,924, (actual) $146,803, (actual) $131,433, (actual) $118,650, (actual) $146,568,234 Overall percentage change in fiscal year spending over the five-year period from 2014 to 2018: 6.38% Overall dollar change in fiscal year spending over the five-year period from 2014 through 2018: $9,356,431 Proposed Bonded Debt Proposed Principal Amount: $ 9,580,000 Maximum Annual Repayment Cost: $ 776,184 Total Repayment Cost: $15,523,688 Current District Bonded Debt Principal Amount Outstanding: $32,605,000 Maximum Annual Repayment Cost: $ 5,238,857 Total Repayment Cost: $41,018,217 SUMMARY OF COMMENTS FOR THE ISSUE No comment were received by the Constitutional deadline. SUMMARY OF COMMENTS AGAINST THE ISSUE This measure would obligate Longmont taxpayers to pay 15.5 million principal and interest of the total 53 million obligation should all three measures pass. The fire station next to the cemetery was previously converted to a fire station through a lease back arrangement that did not require a bond. There are other ways to renovate these stations without increasing taxes or debt. Longmont had to trim the 2019 budget due to a sales tax shortfall. This is not the time to increase the city's indebtedness, to be paid from uncertain and variable sales tax revenues. CITY OF LONGMONT BALLOT ISSUE 3C REVENUE BONDS FOR FUNDING RECREATION IMPROVEMENTS. WITHOUT INCREASING TAX RATES OR IMPOSING ANY NEW TAX, SHALL THE CITY OF LONGMONT DEBT BE INCREASED IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $6,815,000, WITH A TOTAL REPAYMENT COST OF NOT TO EXCEED $11,043,208 FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING RECREATION IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING CENTENNIAL POOL, GOLF COURSE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, AND THE UTE CREEK GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE FACILITY; AND SHALL THE DEBT BE PAID FROM SUCH LEGALLY AVAILABLE REVENUES, BEAR INTEREST, AND BE SOLD IN ONE SERIES OR MORE AT A PRICE ABOVE, BELOW OR EQUAL TO THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SUCH BONDS AND WITH SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF PREMIUM, ALL AS THE CITY COUNCIL MAY DETERMINE? YES/FOR THE MEASURE FISCAL INFORMATION NO/AGAINST THE MEASURE Actual Historical and Current Estimated Fiscal Year Spending Year Fiscal Year Spending 2018 (estimated) $155,924, (actual) $146,803, (actual) $131,433, (actual) $118,650, (actual) $146,568,234 Overall percentage change in fiscal year spending over the five-year period from 2014 to 2018: 6.38% Overall dollar change in fiscal year spending over the five-year period from 2014 through 2018: $ 9,356,431 Proposed Bonded Debt Proposed Principal Amount: $ 6,815,000 Maximum Annual Repayment Cost: $ 552,160 Total Repayment Cost: $11,043,208 Current District Bonded Debt Principal Amount Outstanding: $32,605,000 Maximum Annual Repayment Cost: $ 5,238,857 Total Repayment Cost: $41,018,217 SUMMARY OF COMMENTS FOR THE ISSUE No comment were received by the Constitutional deadline. SUMMARY OF COMMENTS AGAINST THE ISSUE This measure would obligate Longmont taxpayers to pay 11 million principal and interest of the total 53 million obligation should all three measures pass. The golf courses are supposed to be self-funding operations, not burdening the majority of citizens to subsidize the minority of citizens that can afford to play golf. The open open-ended wording would allow funding to go toward the "all-year ice rink" that only a tiny portion of Longmont's population would use. Longmont had to trim the 2019 budget due to a sales tax shortfall. This is not the time to increase the city's indebtedness, to be paid from uncertain and variable sales tax revenues

18 TO: ALL REGISTERED VOTERS CITY OF NORTHGLENN ADAMS AND WELD COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE OF ELECTION TO INCREASE TAXES ON A REFERRED MEASURE Election Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Election Hours: 7:00 AM 7:00 PM Local Election Office: Johanna Small, Designated Election Official City of Northglenn Community Center Drive Northglenn, CO (303) Ballot Title and Text: BALLOT ISSUE 3E: MARIJUANA SALES TAX SHALL CITY OF NORTHGLENN TAXES BE INCREASED BY $1,400,000 ANNUALLY IN THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR, AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY IMPOSING A NEW SALES TAX OF 4% ON THE SALE OF RETAIL MARIJUANA AND MEDICAL MARIJUANA, AND RETAIL MARIJUANA AND MEDICAL MARIJUANA PRODUCTS, WHICH SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO THE MUNICIPAL SALES TAX ON SUCH SALES, AND SHALL ALL REVENUES DERIVED FROM SUCH TAX BE COLLECTED AND SPENT TO BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND PUBLIC FACILITIES WITH THE RATE OF THE TAX BEING ALLOWED TO INCREASE OR DECREASE NO MORE THAN 1% ANNUALLY WITHOUT FURTHER VOTER APPROVAL SO LONG AS THE RATE OF TAXATION DOES NOT EXCEED 10%, AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY EXPENDITURE, REVENUE RAISING, OR OTHER LIMITATION CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? Total City Fiscal Year Spending: Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Spending 2018 (Estimated) $ 44,455, (Actual) $ 43,201, (Actual) $ 42,614, (Actual $ 40,696, (Actual) $ 37,676,344 Overall percentage change from 2014 to % Overall dollar change from 2014 to 2018 $ 6,779,003 First full fiscal year estimates: Estimated 2019 new tax authorized by Ballot Issue 3E: $ 1,400,000 Estimated 2019 fiscal year spending without taking into account the new tax authorized by Ballot Issue 3E: $ 44,903,487 Summary of Written Comments FOR Ballot Issue No. 3E: ALL REGISTERED VOTERS TOWN OF BERTHOUD WELD COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE OF ELECTION TO INCREASE TAXES AND TO INCREASE DEBT ON REFERRED MEASURES Election date: November 6, 2018 Election hours: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Election by Mail Ballot Deadline for receipt of ballots: November 6, :00 p.m. Local election office address and phone number: Designated Election Official: Christian R. Samora, Town of Berthoud, 807 Mountain Avenue, P.O. Box 1229, Berthoud, Colorado 80513; telephone number (970) Coordinated Election Official: Carly Koppes, Weld County Clerk and Recorder, 1400 North 17 th Avenue, Greeley, Colorado 80631; telephone number (970) Ballot title and text: Tax Ballot Issue 3I: SHALL THE TOWN OF BERTHOUD TAXES BE INCREASED $1,400,000 (FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR DOLLAR INCREASE) ANNUALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING PARKS AND RECREATION NEEDS WITHIN THE TOWN; SUCH TAX TO CONSIST OF A RATE INCREASE IN THE TOWN SALES AND USE TAX OF 1.0% (WHICH REPRESENTS A ONE CENT INCREASE ON EACH DOLLAR) COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2019; SHALL ALL REVENUES GENERATED FROM THE TAX, NET OF THE COSTS OF COLLECTION, BE DEPOSITED INTO A SEPARATE PARK AND RECREATION FUND AND RESTRICTED AS TO USE SOLELY FOR PARKS AND RECREATION PURPOSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: EXPANDING AND IMPROVING THE EXISTING TOWN TRAIL SYSTEM; RENOVATING OR REPLACING EXISTING AQUATIC FACILITIES; DEVELOPING, CONSTRUCTING AND EQUIPPING A RECREATION CENTER AND RELATED FACILITIES; AND DEVELOPING CONSTRUCTING AND EQUIPPING ATHLETIC FIELDS; AND, TO THE EXTENT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING, ACQUIRING, EQUIPPING AND OPERATING PARK AND RECREATION IMPROVEMENTS; AND SHALL THE TAX REVENUES DEPOSITED IN THE TOWN PARK AND RECREATION FUND AND ALL EARNINGS THEREON (REGARDLESS OF AMOUNT) CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE REVENUE AND SPENDING LIMITS OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION? Summary of Written Comments AGAINST Ballot Issue No. 3E: 34 35

19 Bond Ballot Issue 3J: SHALL THE TOWN OF BERTHOUD DEBT BE INCREASED $30,000,000, WITH A MAXIMUM REPAYMENT COST OF UP TO $59,000,000, SUCH DEBT TO CONSIST OF SALES AND USE TAX REVENUE BONDS TO BE PAYABLE FROM ALL OR A PORTION OF THE TOWN S SALES AND USE TAX AND ISSUED SOLELY FOR PARKS AND RECREATION PURPOSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: EXPANDING AND IMPROVING THE EXISTING TOWN TRAIL SYSTEM; RENOVATING OR REPLACING EXISTING AQUATIC FACILITIES; DEVELOPING, CONSTRUCTING AND EQUIPPING A RECREATION CENTER AND RELATED FACILITIES; AND DEVELOPING CONSTRUCTING AND EQUIPPING ATHLETIC FIELDS; SUCH BONDS TO BE DATED AND SOLD AT SUCH TIME, AND AT SUCH PRICES (AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR) AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS, NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE; AND SHALL THE EARNINGS ON THE INVESTMENT OF THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH BONDS (REGARDLESS OF AMOUNT) AND THE FUNDS USED FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE BONDS CONSTITUTE A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE REVENUE AND SPENDING LIMITS OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION? Actual historical and current estimated fiscal year spending information: Information regarding bonded debt proposed by Ballot Issue 3J (on a calendar year basis): Principal amount: $30,000,000 Maximum annual repayment cost: $2,300,000 Maximum total repayment cost: $59,000,000 Information regarding current bonded debt (on a calendar year basis): Principal balance: $11,810,000 Maximum annual repayment cost: $2,948,025 Maximum remaining total repayment cost: $16,542,892 Summaries of written comments filed with the election officer: The following summaries were prepared from comments filed by persons FOR Ballot Issue 3I: The following summaries were prepared from comments filed by persons AGAINST Ballot Issue 3I: The following summaries were prepared from comments filed by persons FOR Ballot Issue 3J: Year Fiscal Year Spending 2014 (actual) $9,014, (actual) 11,160, (actual) 18,739, (actual) 22,230, (current year estimated) 34,913,301 1 Fiscal year spending includes amounts expended by the Town for bonded debt service. The following summaries were prepared from comments filed by persons AGAINST Ballot Issue 3J: Overall percentage change in fiscal year spending over the five year period from 2014 through 2018: % Overall dollar change in fiscal year spending over the five year period from 2014 through 2018: $25,898,951 Estimated 2019 fiscal year spending without taking into account the tax increases authorized by the ballot issues: $16,874,573 Estimated 2019 tax increase authorized by Ballot Issue 3I: $1,400,

20 Official General Election Ballot Weld County, Colorado Tuesday, November 06, 2018 How to vote Correct Incorrect If you make a mistake Carly S. Koppes Clerk and Recorder Precinct: Sample Ballot Ballot Style: Sample Ballot-Ballot 1 - Type 1-1 Sheet 1 of 2 Optional write-in Use blue or black ink Completely fill the oval to the right of your choice Cross out the entire name or choice that you marked by mistake Completely fill another oval to the right of the correct choice Completely fill the oval to the right of the words Write-in Then legibly print the name of an eligible write-in candidate on the line WARNING: Any person who, by use of force or other means, unduly influences an eligible elector to vote in any particular manner or to refrain from voting, or who falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any mail ballot before or after it has been cast, or who destroys, defaces, mutilates, or tampers with a ballot is subject, upon conviction, to imprisonment, or to a fine, or both. Section (3)(b), C.R.S. SAMPLE Federal Offices Representative to the 116th United States Congress - District 4 (Vote for One) Karen McCormick Democratic Ken Buck Republican Write-in State Offices Governor / Lieutenant Governor (Vote for One Pair) Jared Polis / Dianne Primavera Walker Stapleton / Lang Sias Bill Hammons / Eric Bodenstab Scott Helker / Michele Poague Secretary of State (Vote for One) Democratic Republican Unity Libertarian Wayne Williams Republican Jena Griswold Democratic Amanda Campbell American Constitution Blake Huber Approval Voting State Treasurer (Vote for One) Brian Watson Republican Dave Young Democratic Gerald F. Kilpatrick American Constitution Attorney General (Vote for One) Phil Weiser Democratic George Brauchler Republican William F. Robinson III Libertarian State Board of Education Member Congressional District 4 (Vote for One) Tim Krug Democratic Debora L. Scheffel Republican Regent of the University of Colorado At Large (Vote for One) Lesley Smith Democratic Ken Montera Republican Christopher E. Otwell Unity State Senator District 1 (Vote for One) Jerry Sonnenberg Republican Debra Gustafson Democratic State Senator District 13 (Vote for One) John Cooke Republican Phil Kelley Democratic Eric E. Joss Libertarian State Representative District 48 (Vote for One) Stephen Alan Humphrey Republican Gbenga Ajiboye Democratic State Representative District 49 (Vote for One) Perry L. Buck Republican Conor Duffy Democratic State Representative District 50 (Vote for One) Rochelle Galindo Democratic State Representative District 63 (Vote for One) Lori A. Saine Republican Brandon D. Bobian Democratic Joe Johnson Libertarian Regional Transportation District Director District K (Vote for One) Troy L. Whitmore Paul D. Solano Gerald Stephen Jaramillo County Offices County Commissioner At Large (Vote for One) Steve Moreno Republican Carl B. Erickson Democratic Lynette Kilpatrick American Constitution County Commissioner District 2 (Vote for One) Duane J. Leise Democratic James K. Treibert Libertarian Michael A. Thuener Republican Scott James Republican This ballot consists of multiple pages. Please review and vote both sides of all pages

21 County Clerk and Recorder (Vote for One) Susie Velasquez Democratic Carly S. Koppes Republican County Assessor (Vote for One) Brenda A. Dones Republican County Sheriff (Vote for One) Steve Reams Republican County Council At Large (Vote for One) Charles Tucker Tonya VanBeber Tommy Butler County Council District 2 (Vote for One) Nancy Teksten County Council District 3 (Vote for One) James Welch Christopher Mark Woodruff Paul Echternacht Judicial Retention Questions (Vote Yes or No) Ballot Measures Ballot questions referred by the general assembly or any political subdivision are listed by letter, and ballot questions initiated by the people are listed numerically. A ballot question listed as an "amendment" proposes a change to the Colorado constitution, and a ballot question listed as a "proposition" proposes a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes. A "yes/for" vote on any ballot question is a vote in favor of changing current law or existing circumstances, and a "no/against" vote on any ballot question is a vote against changing current law or existing circumstances. SAMPLE Town of Hudson Town Council (Vote for Four) Adam Richter Daniel Warren Candace Nolf Sarah Stadler Dwayne Haynes City of Dacono Mayor (Vote for One) Joe Baker Kathryn E. Wittman City of Dacono Council Members (Vote for no more than two) Jackie L. Thomas Shellyene K. Kettering Robin A. Dunlap Town of Gilcrest for Trustee (Vote for not more than four) Sylvia Esquivel David Tapia Jason Albert Steven J. Nothem Town of Lochbuie Mayor (Vote for not more than one) Jacob R. Lofgren Larry Strock Town of Lochbuie Trustee (Vote for not more than three) David E. Ott Jamie Jeffery Gary Richard Counterman Grant Doherty Town of Mead Special Election Office of Mayor Term to expire April 2020 (Vote for One) Colleen G. Whitlow Joyce E. Palaszewski Shall Justice Richard L. Gabriel of the Colorado Supreme Court be retained in office? Yes No Shall Judge John Daniel Dailey of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office? Yes No Shall Judge Rebecca Rankin Freyre of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office? Yes No Shall Judge Elizabeth L. Harris of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office? Yes No Shall Judge David J. Richman of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office? Yes No Shall Judge James F. Hartmann of the 19th Judicial District be retained in office? Yes No Shall Judge Todd L. Taylor of the 19th Judicial District be retained in office? Yes No Shall Judge John Joseph Briggs of the Weld County Court be retained in office? Yes No Shall Judge Michele Lynn Meyer of the Weld County Court be retained in office? Yes No Shall Judge Dana Nichols of the Weld County Court be retained in office? Yes No Shall Judge Charles S. Unfug of the Weld County Court be retained in office? Yes No Amendment V (CONSTITUTIONAL) Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning a reduction in the age qualification for a member of the general assembly from twenty-five years to twenty-one years? Amendment W (CONSTITUTIONAL) Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning a change in the format of the election ballot for judicial retention elections? Amendment X (CONSTITUTIONAL) Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning changing the industrial hemp definition from a constitutional definition to a statutory definition? Amendment Y (CONSTITUTIONAL) Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning a change to the way that congressional districts are drawn, and, in connection therewith, taking the duty to draw congressional districts away from the state legislature and giving it to an independent commission, composed of twelve citizens who possess specified qualifications; prohibiting any one political party's control of the commission by requiring that one-third of commissioners will not be affiliated with any political party, one-third of the commissioners will be affiliated with the state's largest political party, and one-third of the commissioners will be affiliated with the state's second largest political party; prohibiting certain persons, including professional lobbyists, federal campaign committee employees, and federal, state, and local elected officials, from serving on the commission; limiting judicial review of a map to a determination by the supreme court of whether the commission or its nonpartisan staff committed an abuse of discretion; requiring the commission to draw districts with a focus on communities of interest and political subdivisions, such as cities and counties, and then to maximize the number of competitive congressional seats to the extent possible; and prohibiting maps from being drawn to dilute the electoral influence of any racial or ethnic group or to protect any incumbent, any political candidate, or any political party? This ballot consists of multiple pages. Please review and vote both sides of all pages

22 Amendment Z (CONSTITUTIONAL) Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning a change to the manner in which state senate and state house of representatives districts are drawn, and, in connection therewith, reforming the existing legislative reapportionment commission by expanding the commission to twelve members and authorizing the appointment of members who possess specified qualifications; prohibiting any one political party's control of the commission by requiring that one-third of commissioners will not be affiliated with any political party, one-third of the commissioners will be affiliated with the state's largest political party, and one-third of the commissioners will be affiliated with the state's second largest political party; prohibiting certain persons, including professional lobbyists, federal campaign committee employees, and federal, state, and local elected officials, from serving on the commission; limiting judicial review of a map to a determination by the supreme court of whether the commission or its nonpartisan staff committed an abuse of discretion; requiring the commission to draw state legislative districts using communities of interest as well as political subdivisions, such as cities and counties, and then to maximize the number of competitive state legislative seats to the extent possible; and prohibiting maps from being drawn to dilute the electoral influence of any racial or ethnic group or to protect any incumbent, any political candidate, or any political party? Amendment A (CONSTITUTIONAL) Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution that prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime and thereby prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude in all circumstances? Amendment 73 (CONSTITUTIONAL) SAMPLE SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $1,600,000,000 ANNUALLY BY AN AMENDMENT TO THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND A CHANGE TO THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES CONCERNING FUNDING RELATING TO PRESCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, CREATING AN EXCEPTION TO THE SINGLE RATE STATE INCOME TAX FOR REVENUE THAT IS DEDICATED TO THE FUNDING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS; INCREASING INCOME TAX RATES INCREMENTALLY FOR INDIVIDUALS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATES USING FOUR TAX BRACKETS STARTING AT.37% FOR INCOME ABOVE $150,000 AND INCREASING TO 3.62% FOR INCOME ABOVE $500,000; INCREASING THE CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATE BY 1.37%; FOR PURPOSES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY TAXES, REDUCING THE CURRENT RESIDENTIAL ASSESSMENT RATE OF 7.2% TO 7.0% AND THE CURRENT NONRESIDENTIAL ASSESSMENT RATE OF 29%TO 24%; REQUIRING THE REVENUE FROM THE INCOME TAX INCREASES TO BE DEPOSITED IN A DEDICATED PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND AND ALLOWING THE REVENUE COLLECTED TO BE RETAINED AND SPENT AS VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGES; REQUIRING THE LEGISLATURE TO ANNUALLY APPROPRIATE MONEY FROM THE FUND TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SUPPORT EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ON AN EQUITABLE BASIS THROUGHOUT THE STATE WITHOUT DECREASING GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS; DIRECTING THE LEGISLATURE TO ENACT, REGULARLY REVIEW, AND REVISE WHEN NECESSARY, A NEW PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE LAW THAT MEETS SPECIFIED CRITERIA; UNTIL THE LEGISLATURE HAS ENACTED A NEW PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE LAW, REQUIRING THE MONEY IN THE FUND TO BE ANNUALLY APPROPRIATED FOR SPECIFIED EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND PURPOSES; REQUIRING THE MONEY IN THE FUND TO BE USED TO SUPPORT ONLY PUBLIC SCHOOLS; REQUIRING GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION TO INCREASE BY INFLATION, UP TO 5%, ANNUALLY; AND REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO COMMISSION A STUDY OF THE USE OF THE MONEY IN THE FUND WITHIN FIVE YEARS? Amendment 74 (CONSTITUTIONAL) Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution requiring the government to award just compensation to owners of private property when a government law or regulation reduces the fair market value of the property? Amendment 75 (CONSTITUTIONAL) Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution providing that if any candidate in a primary or general election for state office directs more than one million dollars in support of his or her own election, then every candidate for that office in the same election may accept five times the amount of campaign contributions normally allowed? Proposition 109 (STATUTORY) SHALL STATE DEBT BE INCREASED $3,500,000,000, WITH A MAXIMUM REPAYMENT COST OF $5,200,000,000, WITHOUT RAISING TAXES OR FEES, BY A CHANGE TO THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES REQUIRING THE ISSUANCE OF TRANSPORTATION REVENUE ANTICIPATION NOTES, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, NOTE PROCEEDS SHALL BE RETAINED AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND USED EXCLUSIVELY TO FUND SPECIFIED ROAD AND BRIDGE EXPANSION, CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE? Proposition 110 (STATUTORY) SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $766,700,000 ANNUALLY FOR A TWENTY-YEAR PERIOD, AND STATE DEBT SHALL BE INCREASED $6,000,000,000 WITH A MAXIMUM REPAYMENT COST OF $9,400,000,000, TO PAY FOR STATE AND LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, CHANGING THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES TO: 1) INCREASE THE STATE SALES AND USE TAX RATE BY 0.62% BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2019; REQUIRING 45% OF THE NEW REVENUE TO FUND STATE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY, MAINTENANCE, AND CONGESTION RELATED PROJECTS, 40% TO FUND MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, AND 15% TO FUND MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, INCLUDING BIKE, PEDESTRIAN, AND TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE; 2) AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION REVENUE ANTICIPATION NOTES TO FUND PRIORITY STATE TRANSPORTATION MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, INCLUDING MULTIMODAL CAPITAL PROJECTS; AND 3) PROVIDE THAT ALL REVENUE RESULTING FROM THE TAX RATE INCREASE AND PROCEEDS FROM ISSUANCE OF REVENUE ANTICIPATION NOTES ARE VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGES EXEMPT FROM ANY STATE OR LOCAL REVENUE, SPENDING, OR OTHER LIMITATIONS IN LAW? Proposition 111 (STATUTORY) Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning limitations on payday lenders, and, in connection therewith, reducing allowable charges on payday loans to an annual percentage rate of no more than thirty-six percent? Proposition 112 (STATUTORY) Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning a statewide minimum distance requirement for new oil and gas development, and, in connection therewith, changing existing distance requirements to require that any new oil and gas development be located at least 2,500 feet from any structure intended for human occupancy and any other area designated by the measure, the state, or a local government and authorizing the state or a local government to increase the minimum distance requirement? Weld County Referred Ballot Question 1A Shall Section 3-6 of the Weld County Home Rule Charter be repealed and reenacted to correct reference to the Department of Finance and Administration and to correct the number of County departments as three rather than four, thus reading as follows? Section Commissioner - Departments. (1) The Department of Finance and Administration shall be coordinated by the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. (2) Each of the other three major departments, as established by Article IV, shall be coordinated by one of the other Commissioners together with assistance from another Commissioner, both of whom shall be appointed by the Board at its first meeting in January each year. Weld County Referred Ballot Question 1B Shall Subsection 3-8(4)(b) of the Weld County Home Rule Charter be repealed and reenacted to eliminate the requirement that contracts and the disposition of real property be approved by the Board of County Commissioners by ordinance only, thus reading as follows? Section Powers and Duties. (4) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or diminishing the total authority and responsibility of the Board as herein provided, the powers and duties of the Board shall include duties and powers to: (b) Enact legislation including such means of enforcement thereof as shall be authorized by law, and otherwise formally promulgate county policy. Unless otherwise required by statute, the Board shall act only by ordinance in matters of legislation and appropriations, and by ordinance, resolution or motion, as may be appropriate, in other matters. Weld County Referred Ballot Question 1C Shall the outdated Subsection 3-9(3) of the Weld County Home Rule Charter, which set the Commissioner initial annual salaries upon enactment of the Charter in 1976, be repealed? 42 43

23 Weld County Referred Ballot Question 1D Shall Section 3-11 of the Weld County Home Rule Charter be repealed and reenacted to amend its title to "Official Meetings" and to correct grammatical errors to Subsection (1), thus reading as follows? Section Official Meetings. (1) Regular Board meetings shall be held at least twice weekly on days to be determined by the Board by resolution; however, a regular meeting may be cancelled by resolution of the Board passed and publicly announced at least ten (10) days prior to the cancelled meeting date. Weld County Referred Ballot Question 1E Shall a new Subsection 6-5(5) be enacted to the Weld County Home Rule Charter to disallow convicted felons from being elected or appointed to County office, thus reading as follows? Section Qualifications. (5) A person who has been convicted of a felony shall not be eligible to be elected or appointed to County office. Weld County Referred Ballot Question 1F Shall the outdated Section 10-6 of the Weld County Home Rule Charter, which says the County shall not be required to furnish the Sheriff or any deputy with living quarters because they are "keepers of the jail," be repealed? Weld County Referred Ballot Question 1G Shall Section 16-6 of the Weld County Home Rule Charter be repealed and reenacted to require notice to the public by two publications ten days apart prior to approval of contracts for expenditures in the amount of $2,500,000 or greater by the Board of County Commissioners, thus reading as follows? Section Public Notice. Notice to the public of ordinances and of certain official acts, events, determinations, proceedings or meetings shall be given. Unless defined otherwise in the ordinances, rules or laws pertaining to the procedure to which the public notice relates, public notice may be by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the County or by such other media and in such form as may be prescribed by the Board; except in the case of approval of contracts for expenditures in the amount of $2,500,000 or greater that are not identified within the County Budget, notice shall be by two publications ten days apart prior to approval. When the notice informs the public of some event to take place in the future, it shall be published at least five days prior to such event. Weld County Referred Ballot Question 1H SAMPLE Shall the title to Article XVII of the Weld County Home Rule Charter be repealed and reenacted, and a new Section 17-3 be enacted to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, to authorize the Board of County Commissioners to make non-substantive revisions to the Charter, thus reading as follows? ARTICLE XVII - AMENDMENTS AND NON-SUBSTANTIVE REVISIONS TO CHARTER Section Non-Substantive Revisions. (1) The Board of County Commissioners may, without approval of the voters, adopt an ordinance that makes the following types of revisions to this Home Rule Charter: (a) Renumbering, revising titles, and rearranging parts thereof; (b) Correcting errors in spelling, grammar, cross-references, and punctuation; (c) Revising language to reflect modern usage and style; and (d) Correcting obvious inconsistencies between sections. (2) A revision adopted pursuant to this Section is not intended to and is not to be interpreted as making any substantive change in any Charter provision. Weld County Referred Ballot Question 1I Shall the word, "elective," be amended to the word, "elected," when referring to elected office or elected officer(s) of the County, in Sections 2-2, 5-3(3), 6-1, 6-3, 6-6(2), 13-2(2), 16-1, 16-7, 16-9, 18-3, and 18-6, and in the title to Article VI of the Weld County Home Rule Charter? Town of Frederick Ballot Issue 2A SHALL THE TOWN OF FREDERICK TAXES BE INCREASED BY $1,950,000 ANNUALLY COMMENCING IN 2019 AND THEN ANNUALLY BY SUCH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS AS ARE RAISED THEREAFTER FROM THE LEVY OF AN ADDITIONAL SALES AND USE TAX OF 1 (ONE) PERCENT, BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2019, WITH PROCEEDS USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES (POLICE SERVICES), INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONAL EXPENSES, SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT, AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES RELATING TO POLICE SERVICES AND SHALL SUCH TAX REVENUES BE COLLECTED UPON THE TOWN'S EXISTING SALES AND USE TAX BASE, RETAINED, AND SPENT AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANY REVENUE EXPENDITURE LIMIT CONTAINED WITHIN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? Town of Mead Ballot Issue 2B SHALL TOWN OF MEAD SALES AND USE TAXES BE INCREASED $1,300,000 IN 2019 (FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR DOLLAR INCREASE) AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY THE IMPOSITION OF AN ADDITIONAL SALES AND USE TAX OF 1% (INCREASING THE TOWN'S SALES TAX AND USE TAX FROM 2% TO 3%), FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDING FOR: POLICE OFFICERS TO ENSURE SAFETY OF OFFICERS AND IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE SERVICES; PROVIDING NON-EMERGENCY SERVICES INCLUDING PUBLIC EDUCATION OUTREACH AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS; 911 DISPATCH SERVICES; POLICE TRAINING; REPLACING COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND OTHER PUBLIC-SAFETY RELATED EQUIPMENT ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS; MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING STREETS AND ROADS WITHIN THE TOWN OF MEAD, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THIRD STREET (WCR 7) NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD 34.5, THE INTERSECTION OF WELKER ROAD AND THIRD STREET, AND THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 66 AT THIRD STREET (WCR 7); AND PRESERVING OTHER CAPITAL ASSETS OF THE TOWN, COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2019, AND CONTINUING THEREAFTER, AND SHALL THE TOWN OF MEAD BE ENTITLED TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND THE FULL REVENUES FROM SUCH SALES AND USE TAX INCREASE WITHOUT STATUTORY OR CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATION OR CONDITION, INCLUDING ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES , OR ANY OTHER LAW AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS OR AS IT MAY BE AMENDED IN THE FUTURE AND WITHOUT LIMITING IN ANY YEAR THE AMOUNT OF OTHER REVENUES THAT MAY BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE TOWN, AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT THE TOWN MANAGER SHALL ANNUALLY REPORT TO THE TOWN BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE REVENUES FROM THE TAX INCREASE HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED OR USED IN THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR? City of Dacono Ballot Issue 2C SHALL THE CITY OF DACONO, COLORADO BE INCLUDED IN THE HIGH PLAINS LIBRARY DISTRICT, FOR WHICH THE CURRENT RATE OF PROPERTY TAX LEVIED IS MILLS? City of Dacono Ballot Question 2D Shall the City of Dacono Home Rule Charter be amended to allow notices of public meetings and budget hearings, emergency ordinances and ordinances adopted on first reading to be posted at City Hall and on the City's website instead of in at least five public places? City of Dacono Ballot Question 2E Shall the City of Dacono Home Rule Charter be amended to eliminate the Personnel Board and to remove all references thereto? City of Dacono Ballot Question 2F Shall the City of Dacono Home Rule Charter concerning compensation for elected officials be amended to also provide compensation be paid for appointed members of the boards and commissions established by the Home Rule Charter? City of Dacono Ballot Question 2G Shall compensation paid to the Mayor be increased from $75.00 per month to $ per meeting, and shall compensation paid to each City Councilmember be increased from $50.00 per month to $ per meeting, and shall compensation be paid to appointed members of the boards and commissions established by the Home Rule Charter at a rate of $50.00 per meeting, with such compensation changes to take effect for all such elected and appointed officials on January 1, 2019? 44 45

24 SAMPLE Town of Hudson Ballot Issue 2H SHALL TOWN OF HUDSON TAXES BE INCREASED BY ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($150,000) ANNUALLY IN THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR (2019), AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF A LODGING TAX AT THE RATE OF FOUR PERCENT (4%) ON THE PRICE PAID FOR THE LEASING OR RENTAL OF ANY OCCUPIED HOTEL ROOM, MOTEL ROOM, LODGING HOUSE, BED AND BREAKFAST, OR OTHER ACCOMMODATION, AND SHALL ALL REVENUES DERIVED FROM SUCH LODGING TAX BE USED FOR PARK AND RECREATION USES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ASSOCIATED EVENTS, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSES, AND SHALL THE TOWN BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT, RETAIN AND SPEND SUCH TAX REVENUES, INCLUDING FOR EACH YEAR, ANY INVESTMENT EARNINGS AND INTEREST ON SUCH REVENUES, AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20, OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? Town of Hudson Ballot Issue 2I SHALL TOWN OF HUDSON TAXES BE INCREASED BY TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,000) ANNUALLY IN THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR (2019), AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY IMPOSING AN ADDITIONAL SALES TAX OF 3% ON THE SALE OF RETAIL MARIJUANA AND RETAIL MARIJUANA PRODUCTS IF THE REGISTERED ELECTORS OF THE TOWN DETERMINE TO ALLOW THE SALE OF RETAIL MARIJUANA AND RETAIL MARIJUANA PRODUCTS, WITH THE TAX REVENUES BEING USED TO FUND GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENSES AS DETERMINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL, WITH THE RATE OF THE TAX BEING ALLOWED TO BE INCREASED OR DECREASED WITHOUT FURTHER VOTER APPROVAL SO LONG AS THE RATE OF TAXATION DOES NOT EXCEED 8%, AND WITH THE RESULTING TAX REVENUE BEING ALLOWED TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY EXPENDITURE, REVENUE RAISING, OR OTHER LIMITATION CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, 20, OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? Town of Hudson Ballot Question 2J Retail Marijuana Sales Shall the Town of Hudson authorize the establishment and operation of retail marijuana stores as the only type of marijuana license authorized in the Town, subject to the requirements of the Colorado retail marijuana code and local regulations to be adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Hudson? City of Evans Ballot Issue 2K SHALL CITY OF EVANS TAXES BE INCREASED $3.2 MILLION IN 2019 (THE FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR OF THE TAX INCREASE) AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS MAY BE GENERATED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER THROUGH THE IMPOSITION OF AN ADDITIONAL CITY-WIDE SALES AND USE TAX OF 1.00% (FOR A TOTAL SALES AND USE TAX OF 4.5%) TO BE UTILIZED EXCLUSIVELY FOR MAINTAINING AND OPERATING THE STREETS OF THE CITY, INCLUDING RESURFACING, RECONSTRUCTION, AND RELATED CONCRETE WORK IN THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY; SUCH TAX INCREASE TO COMMENCE JANUARY 1, 2019, AND SHALL CONTINUE THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2025, AND SHALL ALL REVENUES RECEIVED FROM SUCH TAX INCREASE AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME THEREON BE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? Town of Kersey Ballot Issue 2L SHALL THE TOWN OF KERSEY, COLORADO TAXES BE INCREASED EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2019 IN THE AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY $35,000 IN THE FIRST FULL YEAR, AND BY WHATEVER AMOUNT IS COLLECTED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BY INCREASING THE SALES TAX FROM 3.6% to 4.0% TO BE USED FOR STREETS, DRAINAGE, CURB AND GUTTER, AND GENERAL TOWN EXPENSES AND SHALL THE TOWN BE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE, RETAIN AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF THE TOWN SALES TAX AND ALL REVENUE WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY SPENDING OR REVENUE LIMITATION CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND THE RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN PART 3, ARTICLE 1, TITLE 29 COLORADO REVISED STATUTES? Town of Gilcrest Ballot Issue 2M LODGING OCCUPATION TAX SHALL THE TOWN OF GILCREST TAXES BE INCREASED ZERO DOLLARS ($00.00) ANNUALLY IN 2019, AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE COLLECTED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BY THE ADOPTION OF A LODGING OCCUPATIONAL TAX OF 4% PER DAY ON THE COST OF THE PROVISION OF HOTEL ROOMS AND OTHER SIMILAR ACCOMMODATIONS IN TOWN, AND SHALL THE TOWN BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE FULL PROCEEDS OF SUCH TAX WITHOUT LIMITATION AND WITHOUT LIMITING THE EXPENDITURE OF ANY OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20, OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION? Town of Nunn Ballot Issue 2N SHALL TOWN OF NUNN ORDINANCES BE AMENDED, WITHOUT ANY INCREASE IN TAXES TO BE ASSESSED OR TAX REVENUES TO BE COLLECTED, TO CONFORM THOSE ORDINANCES WITH SECTION OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES AS AMENDED BY COLORADO SENATE BILL SUCH THAT THE TOWN'S CURRENT EXCISE TAX ON WHOLESALE SALES OF UNPROCESSED MARIJUANA UNDER ORDINANCE 299 WILL APPLY ON THE FIRST SALE OR TRANSFER OF UNPROCESSED RETAIL MARIJUANA BY A RETAIL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITY AT A RATE OF 5% OF THE AVERAGE MARKET RATE, AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE PURSUANT TO SECTION OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, OF THE UNPROCESSED RETAIL MARIJUANA IF THE TRANSACTION IS BETWEEN AFFILIATED RETAIL MARIJUANA BUSINESS LICENSEES, AND AT A RATE OF 5% OF THE CONTRACT PRICE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, FOR UNPROCESSED RETAIL MARIJUANA IF THE TRANSACTION IS BETWEEN UNAFFILIATED RETAIL MARIJUANA BUSINESS LICENSEES, WITH THE REVENUES TO BE USED IN THE SAME MANNER AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FOR REVENUES FROM THE TOWN'S CURRENT EXCISE TAX ON WHOLESALE SALES OF UNPROCESSED MARIJUANA UNDER ORDINANCE 299? City of Greeley Ballot Issue 2O 0.30% SALES AND USE TAX EXTENSION WITHOUT INCREASING THE RATE OF ANY TAX, SHALL THE EXISTING 0.30% SALES AND USE TAX RATE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31, 2022 BE EXTENDED THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2042 FOR QUALITY OF LIFE PURPOSES AS ORIGINALLY APPROVED AND, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2019, SHALL SUCH PURPOSES ALSO INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION CAPACITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND NECESSARY BUILDING MAINTENANCE? City of Greeley Ballot Issue 2P 0.16% SALES AND USE TAX EXTENSION WITHOUT INCREASING THE RATE OF ANY TAX, SHALL THE EXISTING 0.16% SALES AND USE TAX RATE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31, 2024 BE EXTENDED THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2044 FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSES AS ORIGINALLY APPROVED AND, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2019, SHALL SUCH PURPOSES ALSO INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND STAFFING OF PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES? City of Longmont Ballot Issue 3A REVENUE BONDS FOR FUNDING THE REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF CITY BUILDINGS. WITHOUT INCREASING TAX RATES OR IMPOSING ANY NEW TAX, SHALL THE CITY OF LONGMONT DEBT BE INCREASED IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $16,430,000, WITH A TOTAL REPAYMENT COST OF NOT TO EXCEED $26,623,611 FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING THE REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF CITY BUILDINGS, INCLUDING THE CIVIC CENTER, LIBRARY, SAFETY AND JUSTICE CENTER, AND OTHER FACILITIES; AND SHALL THE DEBT BE PAID FROM SUCH LEGALLY AVAILABLE REVENUES, BEAR INTEREST, AND BE SOLD IN ONE SERIES OR MORE AT A PRICE ABOVE, BELOW OR EQUAL TO THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SUCH BONDS AND WITH SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF PREMIUM, ALL AS THE CITY COUNCIL MAY DETERMINE? City of Longmont Ballot Issue 3B REVENUE BONDS FOR FUNDING FIRE STATION RENOVATION OR REPLACEMENT. WITHOUT INCREASING TAX RATES OR IMPOSING ANY NEW TAX, SHALL THE CITY OF LONGMONT DEBT BE INCREASED IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $9,580,000, WITH A TOTAL REPAYMENT COST OF NOT TO EXCEED $15,523,688 FOR THE PURPOSE OF RENOVATING OR REPLACING FIRE STATIONS #2 AND #6; AND SHALL THE DEBT BE PAID FROM SUCH LEGALLY AVAILABLE REVENUES, BEAR INTEREST, AND BE SOLD IN ONE SERIES OR MORE AT A PRICE ABOVE, BELOW OR EQUAL TO THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SUCH BONDS AND WITH SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF PREMIUM, ALL AS THE CITY COUNCIL MAY DETERMINE? City of Longmont Ballot Issue 3C REVENUE BONDS FOR FUNDING RECREATION IMPROVEMENTS. WITHOUT INCREASING TAX RATES OR IMPOSING ANY NEW TAX, SHALL THE CITY OF LONGMONT DEBT BE INCREASED IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $6,815,000, WITH A TOTAL REPAYMENT COST OF NOT TO EXCEED $11,043,208 FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING RECREATION IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING CENTENNIAL POOL, GOLF COURSE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, AND THE UTE CREEK GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE FACILITY; AND SHALL THE DEBT BE PAID FROM SUCH LEGALLY AVAILABLE REVENUES, BEAR INTEREST, AND BE SOLD IN ONE SERIES OR MORE AT A PRICE ABOVE, BELOW OR EQUAL TO THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SUCH BONDS AND WITH SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF PREMIUM, ALL AS THE CITY COUNCIL MAY DETERMINE? This ballot consists of multiple pages. Please review and vote both sides of all pages

25 SAMPLE Town of Erie Ballot Question 3D Shall the Town of Erie, without increasing taxes, be authorized to deploy broadband infrastructure used to provide advanced services (high-speed broadband internet), telecommunications services, and/or cable television services as defined by and of the Colorado Revised Statutes, including without limitation any new and improved high bandwidth services based on future technologies, to residents, businesses, schools, libraries, nonprofit entities and other users of such services, either directly, or indirectly with public and/or private sector partners? City of Northglenn Ballot Issue 3E MARIJUANA SALES TAX SHALL CITY OF NORTHGLENN TAXES BE INCREASED BY $1,400,000 ANNUALLY IN THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR, AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY IMPOSING A NEW SALES TAX OF 4% ON THE SALE OF RETAIL MARIJUANA AND MEDICAL MARIJUANA, AND RETAIL MARIJUANA AND MEDICAL MARIJUANA PRODUCTS, WHICH SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO THE MUNICIPAL SALES TAX ON SUCH SALES, AND SHALL ALL REVENUES DERIVED FROM SUCH TAX BE COLLECTED AND SPENT TO BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND PUBLIC FACILITIES WITH THE RATE OF THE TAX BEING ALLOWED TO INCREASE OR DECREASE NO MORE THAN 1% ANNUALLY WITHOUT FURTHER VOTER APPROVAL SO LONG AS THE RATE OF TAXATION DOES NOT EXCEED 10%, AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY EXPENDITURE, REVENUE RAISING, OR OTHER LIMITATION CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? Town of Berthoud Ballot Issue 3I TOWN OF BERTHOUD ISSUE REGARDING AUTHORIZATION OF NEW 1% SALES TAX TO FINANCE RECREATION IMPROVEMENTS SHALL THE TOWN OF BERTHOUD TAXES BE INCREASED $1,400,000 (FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR DOLLAR INCREASE) ANNUALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING PARKS AND RECREATION NEEDS WITHIN THE TOWN; SUCH TAX TO CONSIST OF A RATE INCREASE IN THE TOWN SALES AND USE TAX OF 1.0% (WHICH REPRESENTS A ONE CENT INCREASE ON EACH DOLLAR) COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2019; SHALL ALL REVENUES GENERATED FROM THE TAX, NET OF THE COSTS OF COLLECTION, BE DEPOSITED INTO A SEPARATE PARK AND RECREATION FUND AND RESTRICTED AS TO USE SOLELY FOR PARKS AND RECREATION PURPOSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: EXPANDING AND IMPROVING THE EXISTING TOWN TRAIL SYSTEM; RENOVATING OR REPLACING EXISTING AQUATIC FACILITIES; DEVELOPING, CONSTRUCTING AND EQUIPPING A RECREATION CENTER AND RELATED FACILITIES; AND DEVELOPING, CONSTRUCTING AND EQUIPPING ATHLETIC FIELDS; AND, TO THE EXTENT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING, ACQUIRING, EQUIPPING AND OPERATING PARK AND RECREATION IMPROVEMENTS; AND SHALL THE TAX REVENUES DEPOSITED IN THE TOWN PARK AND RECREATION FUND AND ALL EARNINGS THEREON (REGARDLESS OF AMOUNT) CONSTITUTE A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE REVENUE AND SPENDING LIMITS OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION? Town of Berthoud Ballot Issue 3J TOWN OF BERTHOUD ISSUE REGARDING AUTHORIZATION FOR BOND ISSUANCE TO FINANCE RECREATION IMPROVEMENTS SHALL THE TOWN OF BERTHOUD DEBT BE INCREASED $30,000,000, WITH A MAXIMUM REPAYMENT COST OF UP TO $59,000,000, SUCH DEBT TO CONSIST OF SALES AND USE TAX REVENUE BONDS TO BE PAYABLE FROM ALL OR A PORTION OF THE TOWN'S SALES AND USE TAX AND ISSUED SOLELY FOR PARKS AND RECREATION PURPOSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: EXPANDING AND IMPROVING THE EXISTING TOWN TRAIL SYSTEM; RENOVATING OR REPLACING EXISTING AQUATIC FACILITIES; DEVELOPING, CONSTRUCTING AND EQUIPPING A RECREATION CENTER AND RELATED FACILITIES; AND DEVELOPING, CONSTRUCTING AND EQUIPPING ATHLETIC FIELDS; SUCH BONDS TO BE DATED AND SOLD AT SUCH TIME, AND AT SUCH PRICES (AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR) AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS, NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE; AND SHALL THE EARNINGS ON THE INVESTMENT OF THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH BONDS (REGARDLESS OF AMOUNT) AND THE FUNDS USED FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE BONDS CONSTITUTE A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE REVENUE AND SPENDING LIMITS OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION? Town of Berthoud Ballot Question 3K Town of Berthoud Question Regarding Reallocation of Existing Sales Tax Shall Town of Berthoud ordinances be amended without any increase in taxes to be assessed or tax revenues to be generated such that revenues from the tax increase approved on November 4, 1997, by the qualified electors of the Town of Berthoud may be utilized exclusively for uses presently allowed and for the construction, operation, and maintenance of capital improvements to parks, open spaces, recreation facilities, and trails? Town of Berthoud Ballot Question 3L Town of Berthoud Question Regarding Case Annexation Shall the Town of Berthoud be authorized to annex parcel of property consisting of approximately acres, more particularly described as: Case Annexation: That portion of the Northeast Quarter of Section 4, Township 4 North, Range 69 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, County of Larimer, State of Colorado, more particularly described as follows: Parcel 2A, Amended Duffy Exemption, recorded at Reception No , Larimer County Clerk and Recorder, more particularly described as follows: Considering the North line of the Northeast corner of Section 4 as bearing South 89 59' 58" West and with all bearings contained herein relative thereto: COMMENCING at the North Quarter corner of Section 4; thence South 00 13' 44" West, feet to a point on the North line of Heron Lakes Lake Club Annexation To The Town of Berthoud; thence along the West and South lines of Heron Lakes Lake Club Annexation the following 2 courses and distances: South 00 25' 45" West, feet; thence, North 77 18' 05" East, feet to the Southwest corner of Parcel 2A, Amended Duffy Exemption, said point being the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence along said Parcel 2A the following 10 courses and distances: North 07 03' 49" West, feet; thence, North 04 08' 54" West, feet; thence, North 02 15' 08" West, feet; thence, North 79 55' 50" East, feet; thence, South 28 00' 27" East, feet; thence, South 41 52' 38" East, feet; thence, South 51 31' 52" West, feet; thence, South 47 26' 05" West, feet; thence, South 54 47' 05" West, feet; thence South 65 29' 05" West, feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 272,633 square feet or acres more or less. Provided that the board of trustees, after considering the annexation application and holding a public hearing, as required by law, determines that such annexation is in the best interests of the town? Town of Lochbuie Ballot Question 3R Shall the town of Lochbuie be allowed to publish ordinances by title only rather than publishing ordinances in full, saving the town publishing costs, and so long as such ordinances are published in full on the town web site upon adoption? Town of Lochbuie Ballot Question 3S Shall the town of Lochbuie be allowed to publish its regular statement of bill payments and contracts awarded on the town web site, rather than in the legal notices of the newspaper, saving the town publishing costs, and so long as such statements are published in full on the town web site within twenty days of taking action to pay such bills or enter into such contracts? Town of Lochbuie Ballot Question 3T Without creating any new taxes or increasing any tax rate, for property tax revenue collected in calendar year 2018 and all future property tax revenue, shall the town of Lochbuie be permitted to levy, retain and spend such town revenues without the limitations that would otherwise be imposed by the 5.5% limitation under C.R.S. section ? This ballot consists of multiple pages. Please review and vote both sides of all pages

26 SAMPLE Weld County School District RE-2 Ballot Issue 4A SHALL WELD COUNTY (EATON) SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-2'S DEBT BE INCREASED $75 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF $148.8 MILLION (WHICH INCLUDES PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST) OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE NECESSARY, AND SHALL WELD COUNTY (EATON) SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-2'S TAXES BE INCREASED $6.8 MILLION ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE TO BETTER SERVE THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS IN A GROWING DISTRICT BY: UPGRADING SAFETY AND SECURITY (SECURE ENTRY) AT BENJAMIN EATON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, GALETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, EATON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND EATON HIGH SCHOOL; ADDING NEW CLASSROOMS AND REMODELING EXISTING SPACE AND SYSTEMS (HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL) AT GALETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, EATON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND EATON HIGH SCHOOL TO ACCOMMODATE STUDENT GROWTH AND BETTER UTILIZE DISTRICT FACILITIES; CONSTRUCTING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING A NEW K-5 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND A NEW TRANSPORTATION FACILITY, INCLUDING LAND ACQUISITION THEREFOR AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SITES AND ADJACENT STREETS FOR IMPROVED VEHICLE ACCESS; AND ALSO IMPROVING, CONSTRUCTING, EXPANDING, FURNISHING, REPAIRING AND EQUIPPING DISTRICT BUILDINGS, FACILITIES AND GROUNDS, INCLUDING DEMOLITION OF EATON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE EXISTING MAINTENANCE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTING AND EQUIPPING A NEW MAINTENANCE BUILDING; AND WITH SUCH DEBT TO MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS, NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE, WITH THE LIMITATION ON THE AMOUNT OF THE DISTRICT'S DEBT TO BE INCREASED UP TO 6% OF THE ACTUAL VALUE OF THE TAXABLE PROPERTY IN THE DISTRICT AS ALLOWED BY (1)(b), C.R.S.; AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT'S PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR AS STATED ABOVE IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH DEBT WHEN DUE AND TO FUND ANY RESERVES FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF, AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH DEBT AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH PROCEEDS AND REVENUES AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING CHANGE WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO COLLECT AND SPEND ANY OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? Thompson R2-J School District Ballot Issue 5A SHALL THOMPSON SCHOOL DISTRICT R2-J'S TAXES BE INCREASED $13.8 MILLION ANNUALLY BY A LEVY OF UP TO 7.6 MILLS IN THE BUDGET YEAR AND BY WHATEVER AMOUNT IS RAISED BY A LEVY OF 7.6 MILLS IN EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER BY THE COLLECTION OF PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE FOLLOWING EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, TO BE MONITORED BY A CITIZENS' OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE: MAINTAINING CURRENT CLASS SIZES AND PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS; ESTABLISHING THE DISTRICT AS A COMPETITIVE EMPLOYER BY INCREASING COMPENSATION TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY EMPLOYEES; UPDATING TEXTBOOKS, CURRICULUM, MATERIALS, TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES AND INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS; AND INCREASING AND UPGRADING STUDENT SECURITY IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS, INCLUDING EXPANDING THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM; WITH A PORTION OF SUCH TAXES TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE DISTRICT'S CHARTER SCHOOLS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW; AND WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN EXCESS OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL FUND MILL LEVY PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW WITHOUT SUCH INCREASE, BUT IN NO EVENT SHALL SUCH TAX INCREASE BE GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT PERMITTED UNDER SECTION , C.R.S., OR ANY SUCCESSOR STATUTE; AND WITH THE DISTRICT TO BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT, RETAIN AND SPEND ALL REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES, TOGETHER WITH REVENUES FROM SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO, AND THE EARNINGS ON SUCH TAXES AND REVENUES AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING CHANGE UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? Thompson R2-J School District Ballot Issue 5B SHALL THOMPSON SCHOOL DISTRICT R2-J'S DEBT BE INCREASED $149.0 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF $265.4 MILLION OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE NECESSARY, AND SHALL THOMPSON SCHOOL DISTRICT R2-J'S TAXES BE INCREASED $15.9 MILLION ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, FOR THE FOLLOWING DISTRICT-WIDE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PURPOSES, TO BE MONITORED BY A CITIZENS' OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE: UPGRADING SCHOOL BUILDING SAFETY AND SECURITY SYSTEMS AND UPGRADING FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS TO CURRENT CODE; EXTENDING THE USEFUL LIFE OF AGING SCHOOL BUILDINGS BY REPLACING, REPAIRING, AND UPGRADING HEATING, VENTILATION AND COOLING SYSTEMS AND MECHANICAL CONTROLS, PLUMBING, ROOFS, WINDOWS AND DOORS, MAKING BUILDING EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS, REMOVING OR ABATING ASBESTOS AND UPDATING OBSOLETE TECHNOLOGY IN SCHOOLS; CONSTRUCTING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING A NEW K-8 SCHOOL, AND ADDITIONS TO BERTHOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND IVY STOCKWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; AND IMPROVING, CONSTRUCTING, EXPANDING, REMODELING, EQUIPPING AND FURNISHING SCHOOLS AND DISTRICT BUILDINGS, ADDITIONS, FACILITIES AND GROUNDS; AND WITH SUCH DEBT TO MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS, NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT'S PROPERTY TAXES WHEN REQUIRED AS STATED ABOVE IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH DEBT WHEN DUE AND TO FUND ANY RESERVES FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF, AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH DEBT AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH PROCEEDS AND REVENUES AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING CHANGE WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO COLLECT AND SPEND ANY OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? Briggsdale School District RE10-J Ballot Issue 5C SHALL BRIGGSDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT RE 10J TAXES BE INCREASED BY $706,890 IN 2018 FOR COLLECTION IN THE 2019 CALENDAR YEAR AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS MAY BE COLLECTED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY THE IMPOSITION OF A MILL LEVY THAT GENERATES REVENUE IN AN AMOUNT WHEN COMBINED WITH REVENUES PRODUCED BY PREVIOUS VOTER AUTHORIZED TAX INCREASE OF THE DISTRICT IS NOT GREATER THAN THE STATUTORY LIMIT AUTHORIZED BY C.R.S. AS AMENDED TO BE USED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WHICH MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: RECRUITING AND RETAINING HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS AND STAFF FOR ESSENTIAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, PROVIDING CURRICULUM AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, EXPANDING TECHNOLOGY ACCESS TO MORE STUDENTS, INTEGRATE NEW FORMS OF INNOVATIVE EDUCATION, PROVIDING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP TO EXISTING FACILITIES AND BUS FLEET, AND CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PURCHASES. AND SHALL SUCH INCREASE BE AN ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAX MILL LEVY IN EXCESS OF THE LEVIES THE DISTRICT IS OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO IMPOSE, AND SHALL THE DISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH REVENUES AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE APPLY UNDER ARTICLE X. SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION? Frederick-Firestone Fire Protection District Ballot Issue 6A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES SHALL FREDERICK-FIRESTONE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED $2,982,041 (FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR DOLLAR INCREASE) ANNUALLY, BEGINNING IN LEVY YEAR 2018 (FOR COLLECTION IN CALENDAR YEAR 2019) BY INCREASING THE DISTRICT'S EXISTING PROPERTY TAX BY 5.23 MILLS, TO ENABLE THE DISTRICT TO CONTINUE PROVIDING CRITICAL FIRE, AMBULANCE, RESCUE AND OTHER EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY SUPPORT SERVICES TO ITS FAST-GROWING COMMUNITIES, AND SHALL ALL REVENUE AND ANY EARNINGS ON THIS TAX CONSTITUTE A PERMANENT VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, AND ANY OTHER LAW? Frederick-Firestone Fire Protection District Ballot Issue 6B GALLAGHER REVENUE STABILIZATION SHALL FREDERICK-FIRESTONE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED TO INCREASE OR DECREASE ITS CURRENT AND ALL FUTURE MILL LEVIES (INCLUDING THE ADDITIONAL 5.23 MILLS IF THE VOTERS APPROVE BALLOT ISSUE 6A) ONLY IF, ON OR AFTER NOVEMBER 6, 2018, THERE ARE CHANGES IN THE METHOD OF CALCULATING ASSESSED VALUATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A CHANGE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF ACTUAL VALUATION USED TO DETERMINE RESIDENTIAL ASSESSED VALUATION DUE TO ARTICLE X SECTION 3 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE GALLAGHER AMENDMENT), SO THAT, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, THE ACTUAL TAX REVENUES GENERATED BY SUCH MILL LEVIES ARE THE SAME AS THE ACTUAL TAX REVENUES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GENERATED HAD SUCH CHANGES NOT OCCURRED? This ballot consists of multiple pages. Please review and vote both sides of all pages

27 SAMPLE Clearview Library District Ballot Issue 6C SHALL CLEARVIEW LIBRARY DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED $2.3 MILLION IN 2019 (SUCH DOLLAR AMOUNT BEING THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR INCREASE) AND THEREAFTER BY WHATEVER AMOUNTS ARE RAISED FROM A GENERAL FUND MILL LEVY IMPOSED AT A RATE OF UP TO MILLS FOR A TWENTY-FIVE YEAR PERIOD (THROUGH TAX COLLECTION YEAR 2043) AND REDUCED TO 0.6 MILLS AFTER SUCH LIMITED PERIOD IN ORDER TO PROVIDE CAPITAL FINANCING FOR, AND THE OPERATION OF, LIBRARY FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR ALL AGES IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A NEW LIBRARY FACILITY APPROXIMATELY 38,000 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE THAT IS EXPECTED TO HOUSE: A DEDICATED CHILDREN'S AREA WITH A STORY TIME ROOM AND CRAFT ROOM A TEEN AREA FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO READ, USE A COMPUTER, AND CONNECT WITH OTHER TEENS A COMPUTER LAB FOR INDIVIDUAL USE AND TECHNOLOGY CLASSES A MAKERSPACE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO DESIGN, WORK, AND EXPERIMENT DEDICATED QUIET SPACES TO WORK AND READ SMALL MEETING ROOMS FOR GROUPS TO STUDY OR COLLABORATE A COMMUNITY ROOM FOR LIBRARY PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS A LARGE, DIVISIBLE COMMUNITY MEETING SPACE FOR CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, AND LARGER EVENTS OUTDOOR SPACES FOR ALL AGES AND A PLAZA FOR OUTDOOR EVENTS A LARGE PARKING LOT, WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN ADDITION TO THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD BE LEVIED FOR THE GENERAL FUND? Hudson Fire Protection District Ballot Issue 6D MILL LEVY INCREASE SHALL HUDSON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED $2,160,000 (FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR DOLLAR INCREASE) ANNUALLY, BEGINNING IN LEVY YEAR 2018 (FOR COLLECTION IN CALENDAR YEAR 2019) BY INCREASING THE DISTRICT'S EXISTING PROPERTY TAX BY 3.2 MILLS, TO ENABLE THE DISTRICT TO CONTINUE PROVIDING CRITICAL FIRE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL, RESCUE AND OTHER EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY SUPPORT SERVICES TO ITS FAST-GROWING COMMUNITIES, AND SHALL ALL REVENUE AND ANY EARNINGS ON THIS TAX CONSTITUTE A PERMANENT VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, AND ANY OTHER LAW? Eaton Fire Protection District Ballot Issue 6E IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN ADEQUATE FIRE, RESCUE, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, AND ONLY IF THE RESIDENTIAL ASSESSMENT RATE IS REDUCED BELOW THE CURRENT RATE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3 OF ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, SHALL THE EATON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (DISTRICT) BE PERMITTED TO ADJUST ITS PROPERTY TAX MILL LEVY TO OFFSET ANY RESULTING DECREASE IN REVENUE; AND SHALL SUCH TAX PROCEEDS BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE DISTRICT AS VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING CHANGES IN EACH YEAR, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONSTITUTIONAL OR STATUTORY SPENDING OR REVENUE LIMITATIONS INCLUDING THOSE CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND SECTION , COLORADO REVISED STATUTES? Berthoud Fire Protection District Ballot Issue 7B IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN ADEQUATE FIRE, RESCUE, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, AND ONLY IF THE RESIDENTIAL ASSESSMENT RATE IS REDUCED BELOW THE CURRENT RATE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3 OF ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, SHALL THE BERTHOUD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (DISTRICT) BE PERMITTED TO ADJUST ITS PROPERTY TAX MILL LEVY TO OFFSET ANY DECREASE IN REVENUE CAUSED BY THE REDUCTION OF THE RESIDENTIAL ASSESSMENT RATE; AND SHALL SUCH TAX PROCEEDS BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE DISTRICT AS VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING CHANGES IN EACH YEAR, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONSTITUTIONAL OR STATUTORY SPENDING OR REVENUE LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND SECTION OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES? Front Range Fire Rescue Fire Protection District Ballot Issue 7C IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN ADEQUATE FIRE, RESCUE, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, AND ONLY IF THE RESIDENTIAL ASSESSMENT RATE IS REDUCED BELOW THE CURRENT RATE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3 OF ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, SHALL THE FRONT RANGE FIRE RESCUE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (DISTRICT) BE PERMITTED TO ADJUST ITS PROPERTY TAX MILL LEVY TO OFFSET ANY RESULTING DECREASE IN REVENUE; AND SHALL SUCH TAX PROCEEDS BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE DISTRICT AS VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING CHANGES IN EACH YEAR, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONSTITUTIONAL OR STATUTORY SPENDING OR REVENUE LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND SECTION , COLORADO REVISED STATUTES? Poudre Valley Fire Protection District Ballot Issue 7D SHALL POUDRE VALLEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED $0.00 (ZERO DOLLARS) IN COLLECTION YEAR 2019; AND IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN FIRE, RESCUE, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE EVENT THAT THE COLORADO RESIDENTIAL ASSESSMENT RATE IS REDUCED BELOW THE CURRENT RATE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3 OF ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION (THE GALLAGHER AMENDMENT), SHALL THE DISTRICT'S TOTAL OPERATING MILL LEVY RATE OF MILLS BE ADJUSTED ANNUALLY TO OFFSET NET TAX REVENUE LOSSES RESULTING FROM CHANGES IN THE RATIO OF VALUATION FOR ASSESSMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY AND FROM REFUNDS AND ABATEMENTS; AND SHALL ALL DISTRICT REVENUES BE COLLECTED, RETAINED AND SPENT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY REVENUE LIMITS PROVIDED BY LAW; FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROVIDING FIRE PROTECTION, RESCUE, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INCLUDING: MAINTAINING EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT; MEETING INCREASED DEMAND FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES; PROVIDING SAFETY GEAR AND FIRE ENGINES FOR FIREFIGHTER-EMTS; PROVIDING COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION SERVICES INCLUDING SAFETY EDUCATION, INSPECTIONS, AND FIRE CODE ENFORCEMENT; AND PROVIDING TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT FOR LIFE-SAVING MEDICAL RESPONSE, RESCUE SERVICES, WATER RESCUE, WILDFIRE RESPONSE, AND OTHER EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES? Central Colorado Water Conservancy District Ground Water Management Subdistrict Ballot Issue 7E SHALL THE GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT SUBDISTRICT OF THE CENTRAL COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT DEBT BE INCREASED UP TO $48.7 MILLION, WITH A MAXIMUM REPAYMENT COST OF UP TO $91.9 MILLION, AND SHALL SUBDISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED UP TO $4.4 MILLION ANNUALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING, ACQUIRING AND MANAGING RELIABLE WATER RESOURCES THROUGH DEBT FINANCING TO: INCREASE WATER SUPPLIES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT AND MAINTAIN A VIABLE FARMING AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF WATER PROJECTS TO CAPTURE WATER DURING TIMES OF HIGH SUPPLY FOR USE DURING TIMES OF NEED, LESSEN DROUGHT IMPACT THROUGH THE ACQUISITION OF SENIOR WATER RIGHTS, REPLACE LEASED MUNICIPAL WATER RESOURCES THAT ARE BEING CONSUMED BY GROWTH IN AREA MUNICIPALITIES, AND CONSTRUCT AND IMPROVE WATER STORAGE RESERVOIRS AND OTHER FACILITIES TO MORE EFFICIENTLY USE WATER AVAILABLE TO THE SUBDISTRICT, SUCH DEBT TO CONSIST OF THE ISSUANCE AND PAYMENT OF BONDS OR SIMILAR LIMITED TAX OBLIGATIONS, WHICH DEBT SHALL BEAR INTEREST AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO EXCEED 5.5% PER ANNUM AND SHALL BE DATED AND SOLD AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES, AT SUCH PRICES (AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR) AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS, NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY DETERMINE; AND SHALL (I) AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES BE LEVIED IN ANY YEAR AT A LIMITED MILL LEVY RATE NOT TO EXCEED 6 MILLS, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED IN SECTION OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, AND IN SUCH AMOUNTS AS SET FORTH ABOVE AND (II) THE SUBDISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED TO ENCUMBER AND PLEDGE ANY OTHER REVENUES OF THE SUBDISTRICT TO BE USED TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS AS THE SAME BECOME DUE AND TO FUND ANY RESERVES FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF? Greater Brighton Fire Protection District Ballot Issue 7F SHALL GREATER BRIGHTON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED $2,897,826 (FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR DOLLAR INCREASE) ANNUALLY, BEGINNING IN LEVY YEAR 2018 (FOR COLLECTION IN CALENDAR YEAR 2019) BY INCREASING THE DISTRICT'S EXISTING PROPERTY TAX BY 3.72 MILLS, TO ENABLE THE DISTRICT TO CONTINUE PROVIDING CRITICAL FIRE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, RESCUE AND OTHER EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY SUPPORT SERVICES TO ITS FAST-GROWING COMMUNITIES, AND SHALL ALL REVENUE AND ANY EARNINGS ON THIS TAX CONSTITUTE A PERMANENT VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, AND ANY OTHER LAW? This ballot consists of multiple pages. Please review and vote both sides of all pages

28 Southeast Weld Fire Protection District Ballot Issue 7H SHALL SOUTHEAST WELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED BY $625,000 ANNUALLY, AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE ANNUALLY RAISED THEREAFTER, BY IMPOSING AN ADDITIONAL MILL LEVY OF 2.5 MILLS (FOR A TOTAL MILL LEVY OF ) UPON TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE DISTRICT, COMMENCING IN TAX YEAR 2018 (FOR COLLECTION IN FISCAL YEAR 2019) WITH SUCH TAX PROCEEDS TO BE USED FOR GENERAL OPERATING AND CAPITAL EXPENSES, SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: UPGRADING AND INCREASING NECESSARY FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC'S SAFETY AND WELFARE; AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME STAFFING TO ACCOUNT FOR INCREASES IN CALL VOLUME, TO PERMIT THE OPERATION OF AN ADDITIONAL AMBULANCE, AND TO IMPROVE RESPONSE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT; AND SHALL SUCH TAXES BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE DISTRICT AS VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING CHANGES IN EACH YEAR, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY SPENDING OR REVENUE LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR SECTION , COLORADO REVISED STATUTES? Southeast Weld Fire Protection District Ballot Issue 7I IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN ADEQUATE FIRE, RESCUE, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, AND ONLY IF THE RESIDENTIAL ASSESSMENT RATE IS REDUCED BELOW THE CURRENT RATE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3 OF ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, SHALL THE SOUTHEAST WELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (DISTRICT) BE PERMITTED TO ADJUST ITS PROPERTY TAX MILL LEVY TO OFFSET ANY RESULTING DECREASE IN REVENUE; AND SHALL SUCH TAX PROCEEDS BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE DISTRICT AS VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING CHANGES IN EACH YEAR, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONSTITUTIONAL OR STATUTORY SPENDING OR REVENUE LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND SECTION , COLORADO REVISED STATUTES? Mountain View Fire Rescue District Ballot Issue 7J SHALL MOUNTAIN VIEW FIRE RESCUE DISTRICT'S TAXES BE INCREASED $6,516,579 (FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR DOLLAR INCREASE) ANNUALLY, BEGINNING IN LEVY YEAR 2018 (FOR COLLECTION IN CALENDAR YEAR 2019) BY INCREASING THE DISTRICT'S EXISTING PROPERTY TAX BY MILLS TO BE USED BY THE DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING PROPER FIRE PROTECTION, EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND SAFETY FOR THE RESIDENTS, PROPERTY OWNERS, AND BUSINESSES SERVED BY THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: SAMPLE REPAIRING AND REPLACING AGING EMERGENCY VEHICLES, APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT; REPLACING OUTDATED COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS AMONG FIRST RESPONDERS AND DISPATCHERS IN BOULDER AND WELD COUNTIES; CONSTRUCTING UP TO THREE ADDITIONAL FIRE STATIONS AND STRATEGICALLY ADDING FIREFIGHTERS/EMTS DISTRICTWIDE TO MAINTAIN EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PROTECT RESPONSE TIMES; AND REPAIRING AND IMPROVING EXISTING FIRE STATIONS TO EXTEND THEIR USEFUL LIFE; WITH ALL REVENUE SPENDING DISCLOSED IN AN ANNUAL INDEPENDENT AUDIT AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE; AND ALL REVENUE AND ANY EARNINGS ON THIS TAX CONSTITUTING A PERMANENT VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, AND ANY OTHER LAW? 54 55

29 NOTICE TO ALL REGISTERED VOTERS OF ELECTION TO INCREASE TAXES/TO INCREASE DEBT WELD COUNTY (EATON) SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-2 Local Election Office: st St., Eaton, Colorado Telephone: (970) Election Date: November 6, 2018 Election Hours: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Ballot Title and Text of Ballot Issue 4A: SHALL WELD COUNTY (EATON) SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-2 S DEBT BE INCREASED $75 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF $148.8 MILLION (WHICH INCLUDES PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST) OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE NECESSARY, AND SHALL WELD COUNTY (EATON) SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-2 S TAXES BE INCREASED $6.8 MILLION ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, ALL FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE TO BETTER SERVE THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS IN A GROWING DISTRICT BY: UPGRADING SAFETY AND SECURITY (SECURE ENTRY) AT BENJAMIN EATON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, GALETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, EATON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND EATON HIGH SCHOOL; ADDING NEW CLASSROOMS AND REMODELING EXISTING SPACE AND SYSTEMS (HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL) AT GALETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, EATON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND EATON HIGH SCHOOL TO ACCOMMODATE STUDENT GROWTH AND BETTER UTILIZE DISTRICT FACILITIES; CONSTRUCTING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING A NEW K-5 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND A NEW TRANSPORTATION FACILITY, INCLUDING LAND ACQUISITION THEREFOR AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SITES AND ADJACENT STREETS FOR IMPROVED VEHICLE ACCESS; AND ALSO IMPROVING, CONSTRUCTING, EXPANDING, FURNISHING, REPAIRING AND EQUIPPING DISTRICT BUILDINGS, FACILITIES AND GROUNDS, INCLUDING DEMOLITION OF EATON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE EXISTING MAINTENANCE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTING AND EQUIPPING A NEW MAINTENANCE BUILDING; AND WITH SUCH DEBT TO MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS, NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE, WITH THE LIMITATION ON THE AMOUNT OF THE DISTRICT S DEBT TO BE INCREASED UP TO 6% OF THE ACTUAL VALUE OF THE TAXABLE PROPERTY IN THE DISTRICT AS ALLOWED BY (1)(b), C.R.S.; AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT S PROPERTY TAXES IN ANY YEAR AS STATED ABOVE IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH DEBT WHEN DUE AND TO FUND ANY RESERVES FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF, AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH DEBT AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH PROCEEDS AND REVENUES AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING CHANGE WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT S ABILITY TO COLLECT AND SPEND ANY OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? Fiscal Year Spending Information Fiscal Year Year Spending (FYS) (Actual) $16,913, (Actual) 17,132, (Actual) 18,172, (Actual) 19,610, (Current Year Estimated) 21,956,512 Overall FYS percentage change through 5 years ( ): 29.8% Overall FYS dollar change through 5 years ( ): $5,042,862 Fiscal year spending without the tax increase in the ballot issue is estimated to be up to $21,956,512 in the Fiscal Year. The proposed maximum dollar tax increase in the ballot issue is up to $6,800,000 in such Fiscal Year. The ballot issue for bonded debt includes the following: Principal Amount: $75,000,000 Maximum Annual Repayment Cost: 2 up to $6,800,000 in any fiscal year Maximum Total Repayment Cost: up to $148,800,000 (maximum principal and interest over the life of the debt) The current bonded debt for the District is as follows: Principal Balance: $3,355,000 Maximum Annual Repayment Cost: $927,100 Remaining Total Repayment Cost: $3,639,

30 SUMMARIES OF WRITTEN COMMENTS FILED WITH THE ELECTION OFFICER The following summaries were prepared from comments filed by persons FOR the proposal: The high-quality of our schools has helped maintain Eaton s reputation as an ideal place to raise a family and a great place to live. We want to ensure that we continue to have top notch schools by investing in our facilities and the safety of our students. Ballot measure 4A will make certain that our growing district continues to maintain high standards by addressing current needs and preserving the Eaton legacy for future students. The District s Long Range Facilities Planning Committee assessed each school and site to determine overall goals to improve safety for students, school needs based on the growing district, as well as overall improvements for each location. Ballot measure 4A is an opportunity to invest in our children and our community. $75 million in funding would be used to: Complete a major renovation as well as increase capacity at Eaton High School including an innovative Career and Technical Education Center. Replace Eaton Elementary School with a new K-5 elementary school and upgrade Benjamin Eaton Elementary School and Galeton Elementary School, converting all elementary schools to K-5. Increase capacity at Eaton Middle School. Update safety and security measures including secure entry points at each school. Provide a better learning environment with system upgrades at each building. 4A is a locally driven ballot measure to benefit every student and school in our community. This ballot measure is funded by our community and the funds stay 100% within our community. Homeowners will pay $7 per month for every $100,000 of actual home value. All other property classes will pay $28.50 per month for every $100,000 of actual value. Our students need updated facilities, improved safety, and competitive programs to succeed. Voting YES on ballot measure 4A will provide resources for every school building to improve safety, reduce overcrowding, and provide quality and competitive programs for all students. The following summaries were prepared from comments filed by persons AGAINST the proposal: TO ALL REGISTERED VOTERS NOTICE OF ELECTION TO INCREASE TAXES AND TO INCREASE DEBT Local Election Office: 800 South Taft Avenue, Loveland, Colorado Telephone: (970) Election Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Election Hours: 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. Ballot Title and Text of Question 5A: THOMPSON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R2-J (WELD COUNTY, COLORADO) SHALL THOMPSON SCHOOL DISTRICT R2-J S TAXES BE INCREASED $13.8 MILLION ANNUALLY BY A LEVY OF UP TO 7.6 MILLS IN THE BUDGET YEAR AND BY WHATEVER AMOUNT IS RAISED BY A LEVY OF 7.6 MILLS IN EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER BY THE COLLECTION OF PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE FOLLOWING EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, TO BE MONITORED BY A CITIZENS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE: MAINTAINING CURRENT CLASS SIZES AND PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS; ESTABLISHING THE DISTRICT AS A COMPETITIVE EMPLOYER BY INCREASING COMPENSATION TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY EMPLOYEES; UPDATING TEXTBOOKS, CURRICULUM, MATERIALS, TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES AND INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS; AND INCREASING AND UPGRADING STUDENT SECURITY IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS, INCLUDING EXPANDING THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM; WITH A PORTION OF SUCH TAXES TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE DISTRICT S CHARTER SCHOOLS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW; AND WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN EXCESS OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL FUND MILL LEVY PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW WITHOUT SUCH INCREASE, BUT IN NO EVENT SHALL SUCH TAX INCREASE BE GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT PERMITTED UNDER SECTION , C.R.S., OR ANY SUCCESSOR STATUTE; AND WITH THE DISTRICT TO BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT, RETAIN AND SPEND ALL REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES, TOGETHER WITH REVENUES FROM SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO, AND THE EARNINGS ON SUCH TAXES AND REVENUES AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING CHANGE UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? Fiscal Year Spending Information Year Fiscal Year Spending (FYS) * (Actual) $ 133,426, (Actual) 142,084, (Actual) 143,735, (Unaudited Actual) 147,927, (Current Year Estimated) 158,592,

31 Overall FYS percentage change through 5 years ( ): 18.9% Overall FYS dollar change through 5 years ( ): $25,165,840 * Does not include payments on bonded debt of $10,603,081 in fiscal year ; $10,697,804 in fiscal year ; $10,788,769 in fiscal year ; $11,111,494 in fiscal year ; and $11,126,159 in fiscal year Fiscal year spending without the tax increase in the ballot proposal is estimated to be up to $158,592,295 in the Fiscal Year, not including payment of bonded debt shown above and assuming no other tax increase is approved. The proposed maximum dollar tax increase in the ballot proposal is $13,800,000 in such Fiscal Year. SUMMARIES OF WRITTEN COMMENTS FILED WITH THE ELECTION OFFICER The following summaries were prepared from comments filed by persons FOR the proposal: It s time we passed a mill levy override for our kids. It s been twelve years -- since that voters last approved additional local revenue for our schools. During that period, the Thompson School District has been underfunded by nearly $14 million each year. We are losing good teachers to other school districts. With a teacher attrition rate at 17%, we lost 159 teachers between the 2016/17 and 2017/18 school year. For too long our District has been making tough decisions to make ends meet. Any further delays to these muchneeded expenditures next year will negatively affect our students ability to learn. There are no more budget cuts possible. Every school and student will benefit if 5A passes. All revenue raised by 5A will be spent locally on our kids and schools. None of the money will go to state education coffers. If 5A passes, the District is required to convene a citizen-led audit committee to ensure the new revenue is spent in accordance with the plans the voters approved. The main features of Issue 5A will: Provide a safe and secure environment to learn. If 5A passes, the District will expand its School Resource Police Officer program. These uniformed police officers provide a visible presence at school and sports events, as well as providing classroom instruction on anti-bullying and online safety. Keep class sizes small by helping us compete for good teachers. Because other school districts can afford to offer higher teacher salaries, our school district has the lowest teacher retention rate in northern Colorado. The bulk of mill levy revenue - $10.5 million - will allow the District to adequately compete for good teachers, many of whom routinely leave Thompson School District for better salaries at other school districts. Update textbooks, curricula and technology. Our education infrastructure -- including the quality of our teachers, textbooks, curricula and technology have not kept up with the dramatic population growth we have experienced in the last decade. Our local school tax rates are among the lowest in northern Colorado. In fact, if voters approve both 5A and 5B, our education-related mill levy rate will go no higher than 48 mills. If both 5A and 5B pass, we will still pay the lowest education tax rates of four surrounding school districts. Don t fall for the misinformation circulated by opponents of school funding! The consequences if 5A fails will be impactful and immediate. The District will be forced to consider laying off teachers; safety and security measures will be postponed indefinitely; and class sizes will increase. Let s provide our students the best learning environment possible. They deserve nothing less! Vote YES on 5A. The following summaries were prepared from comments filed by persons AGAINST the proposal: Ballot Title and Text of Question 5B SHALL THOMPSON SCHOOL DISTRICT R2-J S DEBT BE INCREASED $149.0 MILLION WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF $265.4 MILLION OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE NECESSARY, AND SHALL THOMPSON SCHOOL DISTRICT R2-J S TAXES BE INCREASED $15.9 MILLION ANNUALLY OR SUCH LESSER AMOUNT AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH DEBT, FOR THE FOLLOWING DISTRICT-WIDE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PURPOSES, TO BE MONITORED BY A CITIZENS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE: UPGRADING SCHOOL BUILDING SAFETY AND SECURITY SYSTEMS AND UPGRADING FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS TO CURRENT CODE; EXTENDING THE USEFUL LIFE OF AGING SCHOOL BUILDINGS BY REPLACING, REPAIRING, AND UPGRADING HEATING, VENTILATION AND COOLING SYSTEMS AND MECHANICAL CONTROLS, PLUMBING, ROOFS, WINDOWS AND DOORS, MAKING BUILDING EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS, REMOVING OR ABATING ASBESTOS AND UPDATING OBSOLETE TECHNOLOGY IN SCHOOLS; CONSTRUCTING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING A NEW K-8 SCHOOL, AND ADDITIONS TO BERTHOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND IVY STOCKWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; AND IMPROVING, CONSTRUCTING, EXPANDING, REMODELING, EQUIPPING AND FURNISHING SCHOOLS AND DISTRICT BUILDINGS, ADDITIONS, FACILITIES AND GROUNDS; AND WITH SUCH DEBT TO MATURE, BE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, WITH OR WITHOUT PREMIUM, AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND SOLD AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR, AND AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS, NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY DETERMINE; AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH (I) TO INCREASE THE DISTRICT S PROPERTY TAXES WHEN REQUIRED AS STATED ABOVE IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH DEBT WHEN DUE AND TO FUND ANY RESERVES FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF, AND (II) TO COLLECT AND SPEND THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH DEBT AND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE SPECIFIC OWNERSHIP TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE THERETO AND ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH PROCEEDS AND REVENUES AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING CHANGE WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE REVENUE AND SPENDING LIMITS OF, AND WITHOUT AFFECTING THE DISTRICT S ABILITY TO COLLECT AND SPEND ANY OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS UNDER, ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? If the voters approve both the mill levy (5A) and the bond (5B) questions, the owner of a $350,000 home in Thompson School District will pay an additional $23.85 per month. (The portion represented by the bond question is $8.36 per month and the mill levy is $15.49 per month)

32 Fiscal Year Spending Information Year Fiscal Year Spending (FYS) * (Actual) $ 133,426, (Actual) 142,084, (Actual) 143,735, (Unaudited Acutal) 147,927, (Current Year Estimated) 158,592,295 Overall FYS percentage change through 5 years ( ): 18.9% Overall FYS dollar change through 5 years ( ): $25,165,840 * Does not include payments on bonded debt of $10,603,081 in fiscal year ; $10,697,804 in fiscal year ; $10,788,769 in fiscal year ; $11,111,494 in fiscal year ; and $11,126,159 in fiscal year Fiscal year spending without the tax increase in the ballot proposal is estimated to be up to $158,592,295 in the Fiscal Year, not including payment of bonded debt shown above and assuming no other tax increase is approved. The proposed maximum dollar tax increase in the ballot proposal is up to $15,900,000 in any Fiscal Year. The ballot proposal for bonded debt includes the following: Principal Amount: $149,000,000 Maximum Annual Repayment Cost: Maximum Total Repayment Cost: The current bonded debt for the District is as follows: Principal Balance: $75,205,000 up to $15,900,000 in any fiscal year up to $265,400,000 (maximum principal and interest over the life of the debt) Address a maintenance and repair backlog at every school. These include repairs to school foundations and roofs, addressing water damage, asbestos removal, and replacing aging boilers. Provide our kids more room to learn. Population growth, which is hard to predict, has been uneven throughout the District. Issue 5B proceeds will build a new K-8 in the eastern part of the District and will provide eight more classrooms to Ivy Stockwell and Berthoud Elementary. This new construction and additional classrooms will accommodate 1,200 students. Modular classrooms because they are made of pressed wood and plywood cannot be insulated and are designed for temporary use only. Upgrade safety and security measures. Improvements include new door latches for fire protection compliance and secured entries in the front of each building. All revenue raised by 5B will be spent locally on our kids and schools. None of the money will go to state education coffers. Language in 5B guarantees that if the measure passes, the District will convene a citizen-led audit committee to ensure the new revenue is spent in accordance with the plans the voters approved. Our local school tax rates are among the lowest in northern Colorado. In fact, if voters approve both 5A and 5B, our education-related mill levy rate will go no higher than 48 mills. If both 5A and 5B pass, we will still pay the lowest education tax rates of four surrounding school districts. Don t fall for the misinformation circulated by opponents of school funding! If the voters approve both the mill levy (5A) and the bond (5B) questions, the owner of a $350,000 home in Thompson School District will pay an additional $23.85 per month. (The portion represented by the bond question is $8.36 per month and the mill levy is $15.49 per month). If 5B fails, these pressing infrastructure needs will be further postponed, requiring Thompson School District to continue to close schools Our students deserve no less than the best learning environment we can provide. Making much-needed repairs to boilers, foundations, pipes, and roofs will promote the overall health and safety of our kids. Vote YES on 5B! The following summaries were prepared from comments filed by persons AGAINST the proposal: Maximum Annual Repayment Cost: $11,707,500 Remaining Total Repayment Cost: $89,255,175 SUMMARIES OF WRITTEN COMMENTS FILED WITH THE ELECTION OFFICER The following summaries were prepared from comments filed by persons FOR the proposal: Vote YES on 5B! Repair and maintenance challenges across our district will soon compromise the learning environment for our students. It has been 13 years since district voters have passed a bond to address these maintenance issues. Surrounding school districts have passed bonds to provide their students a safe and secure learning space. Our Thompson students deserve the same learning opportunities. Water from leaking roofs is damaging ceiling tiles, compromising school foundations, and destroying floor tiles and grout. Twenty-eight of our thirty-one schools experienced roof leaks in the past year. Twenty-four of our schools roofs are past or within five years of their expected lifespan. Twenty aging boilers need replacement and leaking pipes need repair. Most buildings have decaying caulking around windows, doors and building perimeters. Every school and student will benefit if voters approve 5B. The bond issue will: 62 63

33 ALL REGISTERED VOTERS WELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-10J WELD COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE OF ELECTION TO INCREASE TAXES ON A REFERRED MEASURE Election date: November 6, 2018 Election hours: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Election by Mail Ballot Deadline for receipt of ballots: November 6, :00 p.m. Local election office address and phone number: Designated Election Official: Rick Mondt, 515 Leslie Street, Briggsdale, Colorado 80611; telephone number (970) Coordinated Election Official: Carly Koppes, Weld County Clerk and Recorder, 1400 N. 17 th Avenue, Greeley, Colorado 80631; telephone number (970) Ballot title and text: Ballot Issue 5C: General Fund Override SHALL BRIGGSDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT RE 1OJ TAXES BE INCREASED BY $706,890 IN 2018 FOR COLLECTION IN THE 2019 CALENDAR YEAR AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS MAY BE COLLECTED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY THE IMPOSITION OF A MILL LEVY THAT GENERATES REVENUE IN AN AMOUNT WHEN COMBINED WITH REVENUES PRODUCED BY PREVIOUS VOTER AUTHORIZED TAX INCREASE OF THE DISTRICT IS NOT GREATER THAN THE STATUTORY LIMIT AUTHORIZED BY C. R. S. AS AMENDED TO BE USED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WHICH MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: - RECRUITING AND RETAINING HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS AND STAFF FOR ESSENTIAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, - PROVIDING CURRICULUM AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, - EXPANDING TECHNOLOGY ACCESS TO MORE STUDENTS, INTEGRATE NEW FORMS OF INNOVATIVE EDUCATION, - PROVIDING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP TO EXISTING FACILITIES AND BUS FLEET, AND INVESTMENT OF SUCH REVENUES AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE APPLY UNDER ARTICLE X. SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION? Actual historical and current estimated fiscal year spending information: Year Fiscal Year Spending (actual) $3,148, (actual) 3,383, (actual) 3,276, (actual) 3,837, (current year estimated) 3,352,992 Overall percentage change in fiscal year spending over the five year period from through : 6.49% Overall dollar change in fiscal year spending over the five year period from through : $204,394 Estimated fiscal year spending without taking into account the tax increase authorized by Ballot Issue 5C: $3,352,992 Estimated tax increase authorized by Ballot Issue 5C: $706,890 Summaries of written comments filed with the election officer: The following summaries were prepared from comments filed by persons FOR Ballot Issue 5C: The mill levy override will provide continued funding during a time of a financial crisis from the state. The funds that are requested will provide children of the Briggsdale School District with a high quality of education. The mill levy override will allow district stabilization of the local share each year for the budget. The following summaries were prepared from comments filed by persons AGAINST Ballot Issue 5C: The mill levy override imposes a tax increase on the patrons of the Briggsdale School District. The tax impact of the mill levy override will change every year which will lead to confusion among tax payers and further complicate the payment of taxes. - CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PURCHASES. AND SHALL SUCH INCREASE BE AN ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAX MILL LEVY IN EXCESS OF THE LEVIES THE DISTRICT IS OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO IMPOSE, AND SHALL THE DISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE EARNINGS FROM THE 1 Fiscal year spending includes amounts expended by the District for bonded debt service

34 TO ALL REGISTERED VOTERS FREDERICK-FIRESTONE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NOTICE OF ELECTION TO INCREASE TAXES ON A REFERRED MEASURE FREDERICK-FIRESTONE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT WELD COUNTY, COLORADO Designated Election Official: Kammy K. Tinney 550 W. Eisenhower Boulevard Loveland, CO Telephone: (970) Election Date: November 6, 2018 Election Hours: 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. FREDERICK-FIRESTONE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT - BALLOT ISSUE 6A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES SHALL FREDERICK-FIRESTONE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED $2,982,041 (FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR DOLLAR INCREASE) ANNUALLY, BEGINNING IN LEVY YEAR 2018 (FOR COLLECTION IN CALENDAR YEAR 2019) BY INCREASING THE DISTRICT'S EXISTING PROPERTY TAX BY 5.23 MILLS, TO ENABLE THE DISTRICT TO CONTINUE PROVIDING CRITICAL FIRE, AMBULANCE, RESCUE AND OTHER EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY SUPPORT SERVICES TO ITS FAST-GROWING COMMUNITIES, AND SHALL ALL REVENUE AND ANY EARNINGS ON THIS TAX CONSTITUTE A PERMANENT VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, AND ANY OTHER LAW? Fiscal Year Spending Information: Total Frederick-Firestone Fire Protection District Fiscal Year Spending: (estimated) $ 7,019, (actual) $ 6,387, (actual) $ 5,504, (actual) $ 4,947, (actual) $ 4,836,603 Overall Percentage Change From 2014 to 2018: 45 % Passage of Issue 6A will address FFFPD s highest priority needs, including hiring and retaining experienced firefighters and paramedics. Strategically adding firefighters and paramedics to current and future fire stations Reduce response times by adding fire stations in areas of greatest service demand over the next 15 years Replacing outdated, potentially unreliable front-line fire trucks and ambulances Adding fire trucks and ambulances for new fire stations over the next 15 years Replacing and adding emergency safety equipment, to include air packs, Jaws of Life, heart monitors, and protective gear Emergency service demands continue to increase, especially emergency medical calls. This is driven in large part by our growing communities. FFFPD s total service population has grown to 34,000+ residents and is projected to surpass 50,000+ in the next ten years. There are simply not enough firefighters, paramedics, fire stations and fire trucks to address the growing service demands our communities are experiencing. It is of dire importance that our emergency services have the financial ability to grow with us. Unfortunately, tax dollars from new development do not come close to covering what is needed to address rising operating costs and maintaining emergency services. FFFPD s emergency reserves have been drawn down to an alltime low by providing funding for essential services, equipment and fire stations. With continued inaction, we will soon experience the growing demand and lack of resources take a significant toll on FFFPD s ability to respond to those in need in a timely and efficient manner, to save lives and property. For an investment of $3.14 per month, per $100,000 of a home s assessed value, FFFPD will be able to add muchneeded firefighters and paramedics, update life-safety equipment and fire trucks, build fire stations, and maintain and enhance emergency services for your family s needs. It s a modest tax impact with significant benefits for our communities. The investment of a YES vote will also allow FFFPD to maintain their current ISO-2 rating. The Insurance Service Office (ISO) scores fire departments on staffing levels, fire trucks, fire stations, response times, and training. FFFPD currently has a rating of 2, with a score of 10 being the worst. FFFPD s ISO rating will increase without our support, which in turn will increase property insurance rates for our homes and businesses. Our first responders of FFFPD deserve our support. They are here for us 24/7/365, saving lives and protecting our property. In view of current and projected growth in the Frederick-Firestone area, Issue 6A is a fair and reasonable proposal focused on protecting our residents, businesses and our first responders. PLEASE VOTE YES on Issue 6A. We must support our first responders. The time is NOW! Summary of written comments AGAINST Ballot Issue 6A: Overall Dollar Change From 2014 to 2018: $ 2,182,781 Frederick-Firestone Fire Protection District's Estimated Maximum Dollar Amount of Tax Increase for First Full Fiscal Year of Proposed Tax Increase and Estimated First Full Fiscal Year Spending Without Proposed Tax Increase: Estimated Maximum Dollar Amount of Tax Increase for First Full Fiscal Year of Proposed Tax Increase: $ 2,982,041 Estimated First Full Fiscal Year Spending without Proposed Tax Increase: $ 6,557,232 Summary of written comments FOR Ballot Issue 6A: Your YES vote on Issue 6A will ensure your emergency services provided by Frederick-Firestone Fire Protection District (FFFPD) are maintained within our growing communities. The high-level of service we all have come to rely on during emergencies is slowly eroding due to the growing demand of services and a current lack of resources within FFFPD

35 TO ALL REGISTERED VOTERS FREDERICK-FIRESTONE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NOTICE OF ELECTION ON A REFERRED MEASURE FREDERICK-FIRESTONE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT WELD COUNTY, COLORADO Designated Election Official: Kammy K. Tinney 550 W. Eisenhower Boulevard Loveland, CO Telephone: (970) Our first responders of FFFPD deserve our support. They are here for us 24/7/365, saving lives and protecting our property. In view of current and projected growth in the Frederick-Firestone area, Issue 6B is a fair and reasonable proposal focused on protecting our residents, businesses and our first responders. PLEASE VOTE YES on Issue 6B. We must support our first responders. The time is NOW! Summary of written comments AGAINST Ballot Issue 6B: Election Date: November 6, 2018 Election Hours: 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. FREDERICK-FIRESTONE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT - BALLOT ISSUE 6B GALLAGHER REVENUE STABILIZATION SHALL FREDERICK-FIRESTONE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED TO INCREASE OR DECREASE ITS CURRENT AND ALL FUTURE MILL LEVIES (INCLUDING THE ADDITIONAL 5.23 MILLS IF THE VOTERS APPROVE BALLOT ISSUE 6A) ONLY IF, ON OR AFTER NOVEMBER 6, 2018, THERE ARE CHANGES IN THE METHOD OF CALCULATING ASSESSED VALUATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A CHANGE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF ACTUAL VALUATION USED TO DETERMINE RESIDENTIAL ASSESSED VALUATION DUE TO ARTICLE X SECTION 3 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE GALLAGHER AMENDMENT), SO THAT, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, THE ACTUAL TAX REVENUES GENERATED BY SUCH MILL LEVIES ARE THE SAME AS THE ACTUAL TAX REVENUES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GENERATED HAD SUCH CHANGES NOT OCCURRED? Summary of written comments FOR Ballot Issue 6B: Your YES vote on Issue 6B will allow the Frederick-Firestone Fire Protection District (FFFPD) to stabilize residential property tax revenue by preventing taxes from ratcheting down, resulting in a decrease in the amount of revenue available to the FFFPD to provide emergency services. Passage of Issue 6B will stabilize FFFPD s revenue now and into the future. Without the passage of Issue 6B the potential for diminished emergency services is highly possible, to include the loss of firefighters and paramedics, no future expansion of fire stations, fire trucks, ambulances or additional staffing to meet the increasing service demands of the exponential growth within our expanding communities. The high-level of services we have come to rely on is being threatened by the Gallagher Amendment. FFFPD is predominately a bedroom community. This requires FFFPD to rely heavily on the residential assessment rate for the funding of emergency services. A small decrease in residential assessment rates can have extensive negative impacts on the services we receive as a community. When funding is lost, our emergency service levels are threatened and potentially lost as well. Service demands and operational costs continue to increase, while previous voter approved funding is being lost due to the Gallagher Amendment decreasing the residential assessment rate. Since becoming law in 1982, the Gallagher Amendment requires non-residential property to be taxed at a fixed rate of 29% of its assessed value and cannot exceed 55% of the total funding for special districts. The Colorado Legislature is therefore required to adjust the residential assessment rate every odd year to ensure residential property owners contribute no more than 45% of the total property tax, state wide. As residential property values in metropolitan areas of Colorado continue to rise, the residential assessment rate must be lowered to maintain the 55/45 ratio required by the Gallagher Amendment. Each time the residential assessment rate is lowered, the FFFPD loses revenue it needs to provide emergency services to our communities. The residential assessment rate is forecasted to continue a downward trend, decreasing funding for our firefighters. The time for revenue stabilization is now. Your YES vote authorizes the FFFPD to increase or decrease its current and future mill levies, only if there are changes to the residential assessment rate, so that the actual tax revenue generated by voter approved mill levies equals the actual tax revenue that would have been allocated to the FFFPD if the residential assessment rate had not been changed. This process will stabilize revenue, which will allow the FFFPD to stabilize their budget by no longer losing funding from previous voter approved mill levies

36 ALL REGISTERED VOTERS CLEARVIEW LIBRARY DISTRICT WELD COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE OF ELECTION TO INCREASE TAXES ON A REFERRED MEASURE Election date: November 6, 2018 Election hours: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Election by Mail Ballot Deadline for receipt of ballots: November 6, :00 p.m. Local election office address and phone number: Designated Election Official: Ann Kling, Clearview Library District, rd Street, Windsor, Colorado 80550; telephone number (970) Coordinated Election Official: Carly Koppes, Weld County Clerk and Recorder, 1400 N. 17 th Avenue, Greeley, Colorado 80631; telephone number (970) Ballot title and text: Ballot Issue 6C SHALL CLEARVIEW LIBRARY DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED $2.3 MILLION IN 2019 (SUCH DOLLAR AMOUNT BEING THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR INCREASE) AND THEREAFTER BY WHATEVER AMOUNTS ARE RAISED FROM A GENERAL FUND MILL LEVY IMPOSED AT A RATE OF UP TO MILLS FOR A TWENTY-FIVE YEAR PERIOD (THROUGH TAX COLLECTION YEAR 2043) AND REDUCED TO 0.6 MILLS AFTER SUCH LIMITED PERIOD IN ORDER TO PROVIDE CAPITAL FINANCING FOR, AND THE OPERATION OF, LIBRARY FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR ALL AGES IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A NEW LIBRARY FACILITY APPROXIMATELY 38,000 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE THAT IS EXPECTED TO HOUSE: A DEDICATED CHILDREN'S AREA WITH A STORY TIME ROOM AND CRAFT ROOM A TEEN AREA FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO READ, USE A COMPUTER, AND CONNECT WITH OTHER TEENS A COMPUTER LAB FOR INDIVIDUAL USE AND TECHNOLOGY CLASSES A MAKERSPACE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO DESIGN, WORK, AND EXPERIMENT DEDICATED QUIET SPACES TO WORK AND READ SMALL MEETING ROOMS FOR GROUPS TO STUDY OR COLLABORATE A COMMUNITY ROOM FOR LIBRARY PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS A LARGE, DIVISIBLE COMMUNITY MEETING SPACE FOR CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, AND LARGER EVENTS OUTDOOR SPACES FOR ALL AGES AND A PLAZA FOR OUTDOOR EVENTS A LARGE PARKING LOT, WITH SUCH TAXES TO BE IN ADDITION TO THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD BE LEVIED FOR THE GENERAL FUND? Actual historical and current estimated fiscal year spending information: Year Fiscal Year Spending 2014 (actual) $1,789, (actual) $1,937, (actual) $3,036, (actual) $3,137, (current year estimated) $2,729,956 Overall percentage change in fiscal year spending over the five year period from 2014 through 2018: 52.58% Overall dollar change in fiscal year spending over the five year period from 2014 through 2018: $940,749 Estimated 2019 fiscal year spending without taking into account the tax increase authorized by Ballot Issue 6C: $3,726,646 Estimated 2019 tax increase authorized by Ballot Issue 6C: $2,300,000 Summaries of written comments filed with the election officer: The following summaries were prepared from comments filed by persons FOR Ballot Issue 6C: Growth is a serious issue facing our community, and the Clearview Library District is not immune. The construction of a new library will help meet our community's needs now and into the future. When the current building was constructed in 1997, the Clearview Library District had 9,834 residents. Today, the district has nearly tripled to 25,123 residents. As State of Colorado officials project that Weld County will nearly double in size by 2040, it is all but assured that the library district will continue to rapidly grow. While the current location isn't crumbling or facing other physical issues, it is no longer able to meet the demands of our growing community in its current landlocked location. Last year alone the library logged 247,379 visits to the 3rd Street location and 53,142 event attendees. The increased demand and limited space has resulted in many challenges: the children's area overlaps with intended quiet spaces: underutilized materials have to be taken off the shelf after only 18 months; a shipping container has had to be put in the parking lot for storage; and pre-registration is required at popular programs, like Storytime. This ballot measure, however, goes beyond physical space necessities. What our community needs the most is a place to be just that a community. This new library located in the heart of the district will foster community and preserve the smalltown feel that is unique to Windsor, Severance, and West Greeley. It will be a place for people of all ages to gather, learn, and grow together with: 70 71

37 Dedicated children's, teen, and quiet spaces Study rooms and meeting spaces of various sizes Outdoor event spaces More room for library materials For a slight raise mills (just over $5 per month for a $350,000 residential property) together, we can meet our current need and position the library for future growth with a new building. And, after 25 years, more than three-fourths of the mill will drop off, leaving only mills (about $1.25) to support the operations of our growing district. This new library is a worthy investment in our community, in our future, and in us. Vote "yes" for 6C. The following summaries were prepared from comments filed by persons AGAINST Ballot Issue 6C: Greeley home assessed value $417,149 Library Bill $97.78 Fort Collins home assessed value $406,384 Library Bill $68.30 Clearview Library is currently located in an excellent area. Children and seniors are able to access the location easily by car, foot or bike. A library should be accessible to all residents. There is a large segment of the population that would have difficulty to cross the intersection. Windsor is and will be a growing community for many years. Taxes are important and they will need to be raised in the future. We need to decide if having an elaborate library is in the best interest of Windsor s future. We should consider where our tax dollars are going today, tomorrow and in the decades to follow. Last year we told Clearview no more taxes. Say no to increased taxes. The Clearview Library District was defeated last election for reasons that have not been addressed. Clearview is back again this year with Ballot Issue 6C asking for our tax money to build a new 38,000 square-foot $23-million library facility. Colorado statute prohibits any group from asking the same ballot question in consecutive years. This is essentially the same tax we rejected last year. Clearview wants this new library facility to include meeting rooms, conference rooms, and indoor and outdoor meeting spaces because these spaces are necessary to meet our communities needs. We don t need new meeting spaces. These spaces are readily available at the Windsor Recreation Center. Clearview spent $925,000 to buy the land for this facility before last year s Ballot Issue 5C. Those dollars were approved for the construction and operation of the current library not to speculate on a new library facility. Clearview wants us to pay for this new facility by increasing our current Library District property tax rate by 73% for the next 25 years. Clearview promises to reduce our property tax rate after 25 years which will still be 17% higher than our current tax rate now. Read the ballot. Does it say $23 million of our tax dollars? In fact, they could take $57.5 million of our tax dollars. The Clearview Library District mill levy increase would place their levy much higher than any other regional library district. The current mill levy of 3.57 is already the highest in the region. Poudre River Library district collects 3.00 mills and High Plains Library District collects The new mill levy, should this tax pass will be for 25 years then reduced to 4.17 forever thereafter. Taxes never go down, taxes never sunset, taxes never go away. Our community is growing in several different areas, Northwest, Northeast, and Southeast as well as close to town. With the vast geographical differences, it does not make since to locate the library on the busiest intersection within the District. : A current home in Clearview Library district is taxed as sampled below: A Windsor home assessed value $400,444 Library Bill $ New bill if Mill Levy Passes $

38 HUDSON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ALL REGISTERED VOTERS NOTICE OF ELECTION TO INCREASE TAXES ON A REFERRED MEASURE Election Date and Hours: Tuesday, November 6, 2018; 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (Coordinated Mail Ballot Election) Assistant Designated Election Official: Vicki Johann, Hudson Fire Protection District, 702 Cedar Street, P. O. Box 7, Hudson, CO (303) BALLOT TITLE AND TEXT: Ballot Issue 6D Mill Levy Increase SHALL HUDSON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED $2,160,000 (FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR DOLLAR INCREASE) ANNUALLY, BEGINNING IN LEVY YEAR 2018 (FOR COLLECTION IN CALENDAR YEAR 2019) BY INCREASING THE DISTRICT'S EXISTING PROPERTY TAX BY 3.2 MILLS, TO ENABLE THE DISTRICT TO CONTINUE PROVIDING CRITICAL FIRE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL, RESCUE AND OTHER EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY SUPPORT SERVICES TO ITS FAST-GROWING COMMUNITIES, AND SHALL ALL REVENUE AND ANY EARNINGS ON THIS TAX CONSTITUTE A PERMANENT VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, AND ANY OTHER LAW? District is mills - one of the lowest in the state! As of today, if your home is worth $200,000, you pay approximately $56 a year in property taxes to the Fire District. That s it! The Fire District is asking its electors to approve an increase in the mill levy by 2.5 mills to help compensate for part of the tax revenue that will be lost. The Fire District won t be able to make up all of the lost revenue, but this slight mill levy increase will help keep our fire houses open and staffed and our equipment maintained. The cost of this increase would be approximately $40 a year if your home is worth $200,000. This is pennies a day to keep our fire stations open with the dedicated firefighters we already have. The District has seen growth in residential and industrial assessed valuations, but the benefit of the assessed valuation related to land with oil and gas production which helped our Fire District provide service to our growing community, has dropped by approximately 60%. The demand for emergency services is increasing at a rate not seen in the past. Our Fire District needs your help this time it s our emergency. Please join me in voting yes on Hudson Fire Ballot issue in November. Summary of written comments against ballot issue 6D: Total Hudson Fire Protection District fiscal year spending: 2018 (Estimated) $ 3,543, (Actual) $ 3,073, (Actual) $ 2,466, (Actual) $ 2,205, (Actual) $ 1,849,803 Overall percentage change from 2014 to 2018: 119% Overall dollar change from 2014 to 2018: $1,693,776 Hudson Fire Protection District estimates of maximum dollar amount of tax increase and of District fiscal year spending without the increase for first full fiscal year of proposed tax increase: Ballot Issue 6D: Estimated maximum dollar amount of proposed tax increase in first full fiscal year: $2,160,000 Estimated first full fiscal year spending without proposed tax increase: $4,372,225 Summary of written comments FOR Ballot Issue 6D: The Hudson Fire Protection District has provided life-saving emergency services to our communities for 65 years and now we are encountering our own unforeseen crisis/emergency. As a result of the dramatic decrease in gas and oil production in our area we are facing a 52.5% decrease in property tax revenue. As part of the November 8 general election (mail ballot) our Fire District is asking its electors to approve an increase in the Fire District s mill levy to compensate for the dramatic decrease it property tax revenue the fire district will experience in the upcoming 2017 budget year. Please support our Hudson Fire Protection District by voting yes on the November ballot issue. The Fire District has been in existence since 1950 without any documented increase in its mill levy. It is the property tax revenues that keep our Fire District operating. The current mill levy for the Fire 74 75

39 TO: ALL REGISTERED VOTERS NOTICE OF ELECTION TO ADJUST MILL LEVY ON A REFERRED MEASURE EATON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT WELD COUNTY, COLORADO Election date: November 6, 2018 Election hours: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Local election office address and phone number: 312 Collins Avenue, Eaton CO (970) County election offices addresses and phone numbers: 1400 N 17 th Avenue, Greeley CO (970) Ballot Drop-Off Locations: Eaton Fire Protection District Ballot Issue 6E: Actual historical and current estimated fiscal year spending information: Year Fiscal Year Spending 2014 (actual) $ 1,737, (actual) $ 1, (actual) $ 1,976, (actual) $ 2,422, (estimated) $ 3,090,657 Overall percentage change in fiscal year spending over the five-year period from 2014 through 2018: 77.83% Overall dollar change in fiscal year spending over the five-year period from 2014 through 2018: $ 1,352,664 Estimated 2019 fiscal year spending without taking into account the tax extension authorized by ballot issue 6E: $ 3,049,169 Estimated 2019 maximum tax extension authorized by ballot issue 6E: $ 0 Summaries of written comments on ballot issue 6E filed with the election officer: Summary of Written Comments FOR Ballot Issue 6E: Voting YES on 6E would allow the Fire District to maintain revenues currently used to operate the District should the Residential Assessment Rate be reduced under state law. The Gallagher Amendment to the Colorado Constitution fixes the amount of property taxes that can be collected from residential and nonresidential or commercial properties. The Residential Assessment Rate is projected to decrease from its current level of 7.2% to 6.11%. Such a decrease would lower the tax revenues received by the District. Voting YES on 6E would not increase taxes, but allow Eaton Fire Protection District to adjust the mill levy to preserve a consistent level of funding based on 2018 levels. Summary of Written Comments AGAINST Ballot Issue 6E: No comments were filed by the constitutional deadline. TO: ALL REGISTERED VOTERS NOTICE OF ELECTION TO ADJUST MILL LEVY ON A REFERRED MEASURE BERTHOUD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT WELD COUNTY, COLORADO Election date: November 6, 2018 Election hours: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Designated Election Official: Debra S. Graves, DEO 275 Mountain Ave. Berthoud, CO ext. 101 County election offices addresses and phone numbers: Carly Koppes PO Box 459 Greeley, CO Ballot Drop-Off Locations: BERTHOUD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BALLOT ISSUE 7B: IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN ADEQUATE FIRE, RESCUE, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, AND ONLY IF THE RESIDENTIAL ASSESSMENT RATE IS REDUCED BELOW THE CURRENT RATE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3 OF ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, SHALL THE BERTHOUD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (DISTRICT) BE PERMITTED TO ADJUST ITS PROPERTY TAX MILL LEVY TO OFFSET ANY RESULTING DECREASE IN REVENUE; AND SHALL SUCH TAX PROCEEDS BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE DISTRICT AS VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING CHANGES IN EACH YEAR, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONSTITUTIONAL OR STATUTORY SPENDING OR REVENUE LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND SECTION OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES? Actual historical and current estimated fiscal year spending information: Year Fiscal Year Spending 2014 (actual) $ 2,541, (actual) $ 2,794, (actual) $ 3,344, (actual) $ 3,961, (estimated) $ 3,700, Overall percentage change in fiscal year spending over the five-year period from 2014 through 2018: % Overall dollar change in fiscal year spending over the five-year period from 2014 through 2018: $ 1,158,

40 Estimated 2019 fiscal year spending without taking into account the Tax Extension authorized by ballot issue 7B: $ 3,749, Estimated 2019 maximum tax extension authorized by ballot issue 7B: $ 0.00 Summary of Written Comments FOR Ballot Issue 7B: A Yes vote on issue 7B will secure long term fiscal sustainability for the Berthoud Fire Protection District. The Fire District provides professional and quality fire protection, rescue, emergency medical and community outreach services to its residents. A Yes vote on issue 7B is not a property tax increase, issue 7B stabilizes the current residential assessment rate. The Fire District has proven to be responsible stewards of tax payer dollars; lowering property owners insurance premiums and eliminating its bond debt mill levy three years early. The Fire District imposed, with local government approval, impact fees on new construction to fund future fire stations and fire trucks. A Yes vote on issue 7B will provide the District the financial means to operationally meet the growing demand for emergency services and maintain lowered home and commercial property insurance premiums. Summary of Written Comments AGAINST Ballot Issue 7B: No comments were filed by the constitutional deadline. TO: ALL REGISTERED VOTERS NOTICE OF ELECTION TO ADJUST MILL LEVY ON A REFERRED MEASURE FRONT RANGE FIRE RESCUE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT WELD COUNTY COLORADO Election date: November 6, 2018 Election hours: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Local election office address and phone number: Front Range Fire Rescue Fire Protection District 101S. Irene Ave., Milliken, CO info@frfr.co (970) DEO-Christine Champlin County election offices addresses and phone numbers: 1400 N. 17th Ave Greeley, Co Phone: (970) Fax: (970) elections@weldgov.com Office Hours: Monday - Friday a.m p.m. BALLOT ISSUE 7C: IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN ADEQUATE FIRE, RESCUE, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, AND ONLY IF THE RESIDENTIAL ASSESSMENT RATE IS REDUCED BELOW THE CURRENT RATE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3 OF ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, SHALL THE FRONT RANGE FIRE RESCUE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (DISTRICT) BE PERMITTED TO ADJUST ITS PROPERTY TAX MILL LEVY TO OFFSET ANY RESULTING DECREASE IN REVENUE; AND SHALL SUCH TAX PROCEEDS BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE DISTRICT AS VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING CHANGES IN EACH YEAR, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONSTITUTIONAL OR STATUTORY SPENDING OR REVENUE LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND SECTION , COLORADO REVISED STATUTES? Actual historical and current estimated fiscal year spending information: Year Fiscal Year Spending 2014 (actual) $ 2,854, (actual) $ 2,496, (actual) $ 2,705, (actual) $ 2,833, (estimated) $ 3,901,763 Overall percentage change in fiscal year spending over the five-year period from 2014 through 2018: %.26 Overall dollar change in fiscal year spending over the five-year period from 2014 through 2018: $ 1,047,757 Estimated 2019 fiscal year spending without taking into account the tax extension authorized by ballot issue 7C: $ 4,307,201 Estimated 2019 maximum tax extension authorized by ballot issue 7C: $ 0 Summaries of written comments on ballot issue filed with the election officer: Summary of Written Comments FOR Ballot Issue: The first thing to know is that this amendment is NOT a tax increase. If passed, this amendment will counteract the Gallagher Amendment and allow FRFR to stabilize its revenue at its current valuation, in order to continue providing the high level of service that our communities currently receive. As of now, the Gallagher Amendment will result in an estimated loss of $260,000 in tax revenue a year starting in 2020, for FRFR. In turn, the department will lose the funding needed to purchase equipment needed for life saving emergencies, the ability to provide adequate training for those employees of FRFR and the accessibility to offer competitive salaries to the men and women who serve. By voting in favor of this amendment, you are helping FRFR to continue to provide expedient and exceptional care throughout Milliken, Johnstown and the surrounding areas. Summary of Written Comments AGAINST Ballot Issue:

41 TO: ALL REGISTERED VOTERS The important thing to know about voting yes on Issue 7D is that the District s funding will increase $0 in the first year. Zero Dollars. POUDRE VALLEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NOTICE OF ELECTION ON A REFERRED MEASURE Election Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Election Hours: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Local Election Office Address and Telephone Number: 102 Remington Street Fort Collins, CO Telephone: Ballot Title and Text: BALLOT ISSUE 7D: SHALL POUDRE VALLEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED $0.00 (ZERO DOLLARS) IN COLLECTION YEAR 2019; AND IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN FIRE, RESCUE, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE EVENT THAT THE COLORADO RESIDENTIAL ASSESSMENT RATE IS REDUCED BELOW THE CURRENT RATE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3 OF ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION (THE GALLAGHER AMENDMENT), SHALL THE DISTRICT S TOTAL OPERATING MILL LEVY RATE OF MILLS BE ADJUSTED ANNUALLY TO OFFSET NET TAX REVENUE LOSSES RESULTING FROM CHANGES IN THE RATIO OF VALUATION FOR ASSESSMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY AND FROM REFUNDS AND ABATEMENTS; AND SHALL ALL DISTRICT REVENUES BE COLLECTED, RETAINED AND SPENT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY REVENUE LIMITS PROVIDED BY LAW; FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROVIDING FIRE PROTECTION, RESCUE, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INCLUDING: The District will be able to adjust its mill levy rate in future years to offset Gallagher Amendment revenue reductions to allow the District to provide fire protection, rescue, and emergency medical services, including: maintaining emergency response services throughout the district; meeting increased demand for emergency services; providing safety gear and fire engines for firefighter-emts; providing community risk reduction services including safety education, inspections, and fire code enforcement; and providing training and equipment for life-saving medical response, rescue services, water rescue, wildfire response, and other emergency response service. Please join your neighbors in supporting our fire and rescue services and our firefighters by voting Yes on 7D Summary of Written Comments Against the Proposal: MAINTAINING EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT; MEETING INCREASED DEMAND FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES; PROVIDING SAFETY GEAR AND FIRE ENGINES FOR FIREFIGHTER-EMTS; PROVIDING COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION SERVICES INCLUDING SAFETY EDUCATION, INSPECTIONS, AND FIRE CODE ENFORCEMENT; AND PROVIDING TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT FOR LIFE-SAVING MEDICAL RESPONSE, RESCUE SERVICES, WATER RESCUE, WILDFIRE RESPONSE, AND OTHER EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES? Total District Fiscal Year Spending: 2018 (estimated) $ 6,922, (actual) $ 7,972, (actual) $ 8,791, (actual) $ 5,297, (actual) $ 4,759,529 Overall percentage change from 2014 to 2018: 45.45% Overall dollar change from 2014 to 2018: $ 2,163,039 Proposed District Tax Increase: Estimated first full fiscal year maximum dollar amount of increase: $ 0.00 Estimated first full fiscal year spending without the increase: $ 6,972,800 Summary of Written Comments For the Proposal: VOTE Yes on Issue 7D to support your fire department The Poudre Valley Fire Protection District partners with the City of Fort Collins to provide fire and rescue services to us and our neighbors through the Poudre Fire Authority. We pay for that service through our property taxes each year. The fire District s funding is threatened by a change in the way that our taxes are calculated because of the statewide Gallagher Amendment and the Taxpayer s Bill of Rights (TABOR). These measures were passed state-wide but will hurt our ability to decide for ourselves how much we will pay for our highly valued fire and rescue service. Starting in 2020, this problem will cut funding for our firefighters. If we don t fix this problem, our local services will suffer. Here s how it works: the state-wide calculation pushes down assessment rates on residential properties, which would be good for homeowners, except that it cuts the budget of the fire department. If we don t do something about this by voting Yes on Issue 7D, the fire District will lose $570,000 in That is a 10% cut in fire and rescue service funding in 2020, and those cuts would increase each year. This will strangle our fire department and put all of us at risk for not having the high quality service we ve come to expect from our fire department. This ballot question would allow the mill levy rate to float to maintain the funding of the fire District. That means that we know that a statewide constitutional amendment won t hurt OUR fire and rescue service

42 ALL REGISTERED VOTERS GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT SUBDISTRICT OF THE CENTRAL COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT WELD COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE OF ELECTION TO INCREASE TAXES AND TO INCREASE DEBT ON A REFERRED MEASURE Election date: November 6, 2018 Election hours: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Election by Mail Ballot Deadline for receipt of ballots: November 6, :00 p.m. Local election office address and phone number: Designated Election Official: Danyelle McCannon, Groundwater Management Subdistrict of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District, 3209 West 28 th Street, Greeley, Colorado 80634; telephone number (970) Coordinated Election Official: Carly Koppes, Weld County Clerk and Recorder, 1400 N. 17 th Avenue, Greeley, Colorado 80631; telephone number (970) Ballot title and text: Ballot Issue 7E Ground Water Management Subdistrict Debt SHALL THE GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT SUBDISTRICT OF THE CENTRAL COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT DEBT BE INCREASED UP TO $48.7 MILLION, WITH A MAXIMUM REPAYMENT COST OF UP TO $91.9 MILLION, AND SHALL SUBDISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED UP TO $4.4 MILLION ANNUALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING, ACQUIRING AND MANAGING RELIABLE WATER RESOURCES THROUGH DEBT FINANCING TO: - LESSEN DROUGHT IMPACT THROUGH THE ACQUISITION OF SENIOR WATER RIGHTS, - REPLACE LEASED MUNICIPAL WATER RESOURCES THAT ARE BEING CONSUMED BY GROWTH IN AREA MUNICIPALITIES, - INCREASE WATER SUPPLIES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT AND MAINTAIN A VIABLE FARMING AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF WATER PROJECTS TO CAPTURE WATER DURING TIMES OF HIGH SUPPLY FOR USE DURING TIMES OF NEED, AND - CONSTRUCT AND IMPROVE WATER STORAGE RESERVOIRS AND OTHER FACILITIES TO MORE EFFICIENTLY USE WATER AVAILABLE TO THE SUBDISTRICT, SUCH DEBT TO CONSIST OF THE ISSUANCE AND PAYMENT OF BONDS OR SIMILAR LIMITED TAX OBLIGATIONS, WHICH DEBT SHALL BEAR INTEREST AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO EXCEED 5.5% PER ANNUM AND SHALL BE DATED AND SOLD AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES, AT SUCH PRICES (AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR) AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS, NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY DETERMINE; AND SHALL (I) AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES BE LEVIED IN ANY YEAR AT A LIMITED MILL LEVY RATE NOT TO EXCEED 6 MILLS, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED IN SECTION OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, AND IN SUCH AMOUNTS AS SET FORTH ABOVE AND (II) THE SUBDISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED TO ENCUMBER AND PLEDGE ANY OTHER REVENUES OF THE SUBDISTRICT TO BE USED TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS AS THE SAME BECOME DUE AND TO FUND ANY RESERVES FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF? Actual historical and current estimated fiscal year spending information: Year Fiscal Year Spending (actual) $4,442, (actual) 4,702, (actual) 4,118, (actual) 4,325, (current year estimated) 11,915,424 1 Fiscal year spending does not include amounts expended by the Subdistrict for bonded debt service. Overall percentage change in fiscal year spending over the five year period from 2014 through 2018: % Overall dollar change in fiscal year spending over the five year period from 2014 through 2018: $7,473,150 Estimated 2019 fiscal year spending without taking into account the tax increase authorized by Ballot Issue 7E: $11,915,424 Estimated 2019 tax increase authorized Ballot Issue 7E: $4,400,000 Information regarding bonded debt proposed by Ballot Issue 7E (on a calendar year basis): Principal amount: $48,700,000 Maximum annual repayment cost: $ 4,400,000 Maximum total repayment cost: $91,900,000 Information regarding current bonded debt (on a calendar year basis): Summaries of written comments filed with the election officer: Principal balance: $6,102,378 Maximum annual repayment cost: $ 740,766 Maximum remaining total repayment cost: $7,007,554 The following summaries were prepared from comments filed by persons FOR Ballot Issue 7E: 82 83

43 GREATER BRIGHTON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT Voting YES on ballot issue 7E will help ensure access to a reliable water supply. This is critical to our farmers and ranchers, especially the family farms that have contributed to the heritage and character of this region. More than $1.5 billion of agricultural products are produced in Weld County alone, and thousands of jobs are tied to the region s ag economy in Adams, Morgan and Weld counties. This proposal is vital to maintaining our rural way of life to continue to provide locally grown vegetables, and also raise the crops which support the important area beef, dairy and poultry operations. Access to reliable water supplies and the ability to store our water for future use is critical to the Weld, Adams and Morgan County region served by Central Colorado Water Conservancy District (CCWCD). CCWCD and its Groundwater Management Subdistrict (GMS) are focused on developing water supplies to meet area water demands now and in the future. Voting YES on this proposal will let the District develop adequate water supplies to mitigate the impact of continued farm dry-ups by the Front Range water entities. The projects to be funded by passage of 7E are necessary because of the shift in water needs and future growth in the region and state. The Colorado Water Plan estimates that 267,000 acres of irrigated farm ground downstream of Denver will be sacrificed by 2050 because of projected growth. Family farms along the South Platte River will be threatened in the future if additional water storage is not developed and if additional water rights are not secured. Passage of Issue 7E will enable the District to develop additional water storage reservoirs and replenish groundwater aquifers in Weld, Adams and Morgan counties. Having well-maintained infrastructure that can effectively capture water for storage will improve the District s overall water yield. Issue 7E will allow the District to make use of available South Platte River water otherwise destined for the Colorado-Nebraska state line. Your YES vote will allow CCWCD to leverage state and federal grants obtained by the District, which will reduce the cost of building water storage to the benefit of our region. Furthermore, NONE of the bonding funds will go to District administration and salaries. Passage of Issue 7E will result in a tax impact of about $8.00 per year for a home valued at $200,000; and for those seniors who benefit from the Homestead Exemption, the tax impact is even lower. It s a very modest investment with significant returns for our local economy, municipalities and property values. Your YES vote on issue 7E is critical. It s about protecting not only access to water but thousands of jobs and protecting our available local food supply. A vibrant agricultural economy translates into a healthy overall community. Irrigated farms, ranches and water storage reservoirs provide many benefits to local wildlife and the environment. Please vote YES on 7E. The following summaries were prepared from comments filed by persons AGAINST Ballot Issue 7E: TO ALL REGISTERED VOTERS NOTICE OF ELECTION TO INCREASE TAXES ON A REFERRED MEASURE Election Date and Hours: Tuesday, November 6, 2018; 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (Coordinated Mail Ballot Election) Designated Election Official: Chief Mark Bodane, 500 S. 4 th Avenue, 3 rd Floor, Brighton, CO 80601, Telephone BALLOT TITLE AND TEXT: Ballot Issue 7F Mill Levy Increase SHALL GREATER BRIGHTON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED $2,897,826 (FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR DOLLAR INCREASE) ANNUALLY, BEGINNING IN LEVY YEAR 2018 (FOR COLLECTION IN CALENDAR YEAR 2019) BY INCREASING THE DISTRICT'S EXISTING PROPERTY TAX BY 3.72 MILLS, TO ENABLE THE DISTRICT TO CONTINUE PROVIDING CRITICAL FIRE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, RESCUE AND OTHER EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY SUPPORT SERVICES TO ITS FAST-GROWING COMMUNITIES, AND SHALL ALL REVENUE AND ANY EARNINGS ON THIS TAX CONSTITUTE A PERMANENT VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, AND ANY OTHER LAW? Total Greater Brighton Fire Protection District fiscal year spending: 2018 (Estimated) $13,139, (Actual) $13,725, (Actual) $13,875, (Actual) $ 8,266, (Actual) $ 8,068,735 Overall percentage change from 2014 to 2018: 63% Overall dollar change from 2014 to 2018: $5,070,365 Greater Brighton Fire Protection District estimates of maximum dollar amount of tax increase and of District fiscal year spending without the increase for first full fiscal year of proposed tax increase: Ballot Issue 7F: Estimated maximum dollar amount of proposed tax increase in first full fiscal year: $2,897,826 Estimated first full fiscal year spending without proposed tax increase: $12,117,376 Summary of written comments FOR Ballot Issue 7F: We all want a Safer Brighton! Since 2000, the population of our Fire District has grown by 220%. Emergency call volume has increased 20% in the last 3 years alone. Response times are longer because of the increased volume of calls. Firefighter safety is compromised because too few Firefighters are on duty and equipment is becoming obsolete. These are the challenges faced by our Fire District! Voting YES on 7F means the following plan will be instituted: the hiring of 15 Firefighters over the next three years, the replacement of vital Firefighter breathing equipment, increasing the capacity of fire stations, the replacement of fire and emergency medical response vehicles that are more than 20 years old, and the building of additional fire stations needed to provide appropriate response

44 Other measures have already been taken by the Fire District. Developers are now required to help pay for the impact their development has on the future needs of the Fire District. One time revenue spikes from oil and gas development is set aside for capital projects. These steps have reduced the amount of the requested increase. In addition, the Fire District continually seeks and receives grants to help pay for new stations or equipment, which also helps lower the tax burden. For example, the Fire District obtained $2 million in grants to offset the cost of the station it built in Your fire insurance costs have probably already been lowered because of the Fire District s recent improvements in its ISO rating. Currently a Class 2 rating in most areas, the Fire District is rated within the top 3% of fire departments in the country. In order to maintain this lower rating, the Fire District must keep up with the growth and increased call volume. Our Firefighters need your help to maintain the current level of service. As a community, we also need to ensure that our Firefighters have the staffing and equipment needed to keep them safe. Voting YES on 7F will improve the safety of our community and the safety of our Firefighters! Summary of written comments AGAINST Ballot Issue 7F: Voters should vote NO on the Greater Brighton Fire Protection District GBFPD tax increase. In the last ten years the GBFPD property tax revenues have gone from $6,016,243 in 2008 to $9,227,875 in 2018 that is a 53% increase in property tax from the growth in the district. With a current mill levy at and if this mill levy is past, GBFPD mill levy will be close to the highest in all of the Adams County Fire Districts. The GBFPD went from an all-volunteer district to paid union fire department costing taxpayers millions. The elected board has always be stack with past firefighters elected in May election by less than 1% of voters at times. Today s current pay with benefits for the paid firefighter positions are way over paid. The following positions include pay and benefits- firefighter ,263 now 85,164; Engineer ,763 now 92,758; Captain ,117 now 107,820; Battalion Chief now 123,704. The board needs to freeze wages and start letting the growth in the budget pay for additional firefighters instead of over paying the firefighters. There is no shortage of qualified firefighters, 100 s apply when there is only one paid opening and many fire department hire only from within given those with in a huge promotion advantage. It only takes a few years of training to be qualified for the paid firefighter position. GBFPD call volume is still very low for the majority of the stations. Remember that firefighters do ten 24 hour shifts a month getting paid when they sleep, eat, and watch TV. Vote No and tell the fire board to manage the taxpayers funds more equable to the citizens they serve instead of outrageous pay and benefits for the union firefighters. Remember that the Adams County real property assessments form 2015 to 2017 went up 21% costing taxpayers millions more in property taxes already. Lastly, elected official have no respect for those who can least afford tax increases i.e. senior citizens on fix incomes and middleclass family living paycheck to pay check. Vote NO. TO: ALL REGISTERED VOTERS NOTICE OF ELECTION TO INCREASE TAXES AND TO ADJUST MILL LEVY ON REFERRED MEASURES SOUTHEAST WELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT WELD COUNTY, COLORADO Election date: November 6, 2018 Election hours: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Local election office address and phone number: Irene Burke, DEO, Southeast Weld Fire Protection District, 95 W. Broadway, Keenesburg, CO (303) County election offices addresses and phone numbers: Carly Koppes, Weld County Elections, 1400 N. 17 th Ave., Greeley, CO (970) SOUTHEAST WELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BALLOT ISSUE 7H: SHALL SOUTHEAST WELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED BY $625,000 ANNUALLY, AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE ANNUALLY RAISED THEREAFTER, BY IMPOSING AN ADDITIONAL MILL LEVY OF 2.5 MILLS (FOR A TOTAL MILL LEVY OF ) UPON TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE DISTRICT, COMMENCING IN TAX YEAR 2018 (FOR COLLECTION IN FISCAL YEAR 2019) WITH SUCH TAX PROCEEDS TO BE USED FOR GENERAL OPERATING AND CAPITAL EXPENSES, SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: UPGRADING AND INCREASING NECESSARY FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC S SAFETY AND WELFARE; AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME STAFFING TO ACCOUNT FOR INCREASES IN CALL VOLUME, TO PERMIT THE OPERATION OF AN ADDITIONAL AMBULANCE, AND TO IMPROVE RESPONSE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT; AND SHALL SUCH TAXES BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE DISTRICT AS VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING CHANGES IN EACH YEAR, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY SPENDING OR REVENUE LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR SECTION , COLORADO REVISED STATUTES? Actual historical and current estimated fiscal year spending information: Year Fiscal Year Spending 2014 (actual) $ 1,577, (actual) $ 1,693, (actual) $ 2,266, (actual) $ 2,888, (estimated) $ 2,953,151 Overall percentage change in fiscal year spending over the five-year period from 2014 through 2018: 46 % Overall dollar change in fiscal year spending over the five-year period from 2014 through 2018: $ 1,375,836 Estimated 2019 fiscal year spending without taking into account the tax increase authorized by ballot issue 7H: $ 2,678,

45 Estimated 2019 maximum tax increase authorized by ballot issue 7H: $ 625,000 Summaries of written comments on ballot issue 7H filed with the election officer: Summary of Written Comments FOR Ballot Issue 7H: The services the Southeast Weld Fire District provides the community are necessary, important and invaluable. This tax increase is very minimal considering the services it will provide. This increase will allow the Fire District to add an additional ambulance to our community, at a very nominal increase to the taxpayer. Summary of Written Comments AGAINST Ballot Issue 7H: No comments were filed by the constitutional deadline. SOUTHEAST WELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BALLOT ISSUE 7I: IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN ADEQUATE FIRE, RESCUE, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, AND ONLY IF THE RESIDENTIAL ASSESSMENT RATE IS REDUCED BELOW THE CURRENT RATE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3 OF ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, SHALL THE SOUTHEAST WELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (DISTRICT) BE PERMITTED TO ADJUST ITS PROPERTY TAX MILL LEVY TO OFFSET ANY RESULTING DECREASE IN REVENUE; AND SHALL SUCH TAX PROCEEDS BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE DISTRICT AS VOTER APPROVED REVENUE AND SPENDING CHANGES IN EACH YEAR, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONSTITUTIONAL OR STATUTORY SPENDING OR REVENUE LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND SECTION , COLORADO REVISED STATUTES? Actual historical and current estimated fiscal year spending information: Year Fiscal Year Spending 2014 (actual) $ 1,577, (actual) $ 1,693, (actual) $ 2,266, (actual) $ 2,888, (estimated) $ 2,953,151 Overall percentage change in fiscal year spending over the five-year period from 2014 through 2018: 46 % Overall dollar change in fiscal year spending over the five-year period from 2014 through 2018: $ 1,375,836 Estimated 2019 fiscal year spending without taking into account the tax extension authorized by ballot issue 7I: $ 2,678,207 Estimated 2019 maximum tax extension authorized by ballot issue 7I: $0.00 Summaries of written comments on ballot issue 7I filed with the election officer: Summary of Written Comments FOR Ballot Issue 7I: The services the Southeast Weld Fire District provides the community are necessary, important and invaluable. This tax increase is very minimal considering the services it will provide. This increase will allow the Fire District to add an additional ambulance to our community, at a very nominal increase to the taxpayer. This will not cost the fire district any additional tax increase in Summary of Written Comments AGAINST Ballot Issue 7I: No comments were filed by the constitutional deadline. TO ALL REGISTERED VOTERS NOTICE OF ELECTION TO INCREASE TAXES ON A REFERRED MEASURE MOUNTAIN VIEW FIRE RESCUE DISTRICT BOULDER AND WELD COUNTIES, COLORADO Election Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Election Hours: 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. Local Election Office Address and Telephone Number: Designated Election Official: Martha Dexter, Mountain View Fire Rescue District, 3561 N. Stagecoach Road, Longmont, CO 80504; (303) Ballot Title and Text: MOUNTAIN VIEW FIRE RESCUE DISTRICT BALLOT ISSUE 7J SHALL MOUNTAIN VIEW FIRE RESCUE DISTRICT S TAXES BE INCREASED $6,516,579 (FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR DOLLAR INCREASE) ANNUALLY, BEGINNING IN LEVY YEAR 2018 (FOR COLLECTION IN CALENDAR YEAR 2019) BY INCREASING THE DISTRICT'S EXISTING PROPERTY TAX BY MILLS TO BE USED BY THE DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING PROPER FIRE PROTECTION, EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND SAFETY FOR THE RESIDENTS, PROPERTY OWNERS, AND BUSINESSES SERVED BY THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: REPAIRING AND REPLACING AGING EMERGENCY VEHICLES, APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT; REPLACING OUTDATED COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS AMONG FIRST RESPONDERS AND DISPATCHERS IN BOULDER AND WELD COUNTIES; CONSTRUCTING UP TO THREE ADDITIONAL FIRE STATIONS AND STRATEGICALLY ADDING FIREFIGHTERS/EMTS DISTRICTWIDE TO MAINTAIN EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PROTECT RESPONSE TIMES; AND REPAIRING AND IMPROVING EXISTING FIRE STATIONS TO EXTEND THEIR USEFUL LIFE; WITH ALL REVENUE SPENDING DISCLOSED IN AN ANNUAL INDEPENDENT AUDIT AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT S WEBSITE; AND ALL REVENUE AND ANY EARNINGS ON THIS TAX CONSTITUTING A PERMANENT VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, AND ANY OTHER LAW? Total District Fiscal Year Spending: 2018 (estimated) $18,316, (actual) $17,593, (actual) $18,288, (actual) $13,160, (actual) $14,799,

46 Overall percentage change from 2014 to 2018: 39% Overall dollar change from 2014 to 2018: $ 5,156,018 Proposed District Tax Increase: Estimated maximum dollar amount of tax increase for 2019: $6,516,579 Estimated 2019 fiscal year spending without tax increase: $20,676,224 Summary of Written Comments For the Proposal: Passage of Issue 7J will allow Mountain View Fire Rescue (MVFR) to protect emergency response times and maintain emergency services. MVFR s service population has almost doubled the past 15 years, now exceeding 59,000 residents. With a growing and aging population, MVFR s emergency call volume is on the rise, increasing by 19% in just the past two years alone. And many of these calls involve medical emergencies. With nearly twice as many people now living in the district, there are an increasing number of instances in which emergency calls come in and first responders are already out on another call. Issue 7J solves this serious problem. Your YES vote on Issue 7J will fund MVFR s highest-priority operating, equipment and facility needs, including: Replacing outdated breathing apparatus and other life-saving emergency equipment Updating communications equipment to improve communications among first responders and dispatchers in Boulder and Weld counties Replacing aging emergency vehicles and apparatus Strategically adding first responders to protect response times and emergency services Constructing up to three new fire stations in southwest Erie, unincorporated Weld County (serving Erie and Dacono) and Mead Repairing and upgrading existing fire stations and constructing a new maintenance facility to properly maintain emergency vehicles and equipment Issue 7J is not just about protecting residents, homes and businesses, it s also about protecting MVFR s firefighters. First responders deserve equipment and vehicles that they can rely on when every second counts. They also deserve to have an adequate number of firefighters to safely address complex emergencies they encounter. MVFR s current mill levy is lower than most of its neighboring peer fire districts. In fact, it has been 10 years since voters approved additional funding for MVFR. Yet in that time, demands on our local first responders have dramatically increased. And with the residential assessment rate recently decreasing and projected to decrease again in 2019 maintaining existing services and response times is unsustainable without additional funding. Issue 7J is an investment of $2.67 per month per $100,000 of a home s actual value. And for seniors and disabled veterans who quality and apply for the Colorado Senior Property Tax Exemption, the tax impact is even lower. All spending from the mill levy will be publicly disclosed. Issue 7J is a fair and reasonable request focused on saving lives and property and deserves our support. Summary of Written Comments Against the Proposal: 90 91

47 FROM: Carly Koppes Weld County Clerk & Recorder 1400 N. 17thAve. P.O. Box459 Greeley, CO Phone: (970) ELECTION INFORMATION