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RESOLUTION NO. 34
SERIES OF 2022
A RESOLUTION URGING THE REGISTERED ELECTORS OF
THE CITY TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF BALLOT ISSUE NO. 2B AND
BALLOT ISSUE NO. 2C AT THE NOVEMBER 2022 GENERAL
ELECTION, TO INCREASE THE CITY'S SALES AND USE TAX
BY .2 PERCENT AND .1 PERCENT RESPECTIVELY, WHICH IF
BOTH MEASURES PASSED, FROM 3.5 PERCENT TO 3.8
PERCENT
WHEREAS, the City's Sales and Use Tax is currently 3.5 percent; and
WHEREAS, the City’s 3.5 percent Sales Tax rate became effective on January 1, 1988
and has not been increased in thirty-four (34) years, other than on retail marijuana sales; and
WHEREAS, even though the City of Englewood has not increased its sales tax rate in 34
years, it also has kept property tax rate low by comparison, and in 2021 Englewood had a lower
mill levy than the surrounding cities of Denver, Lone Tree, Parker, Boulder, Wheat Ridge,
Greenwood Village, Lakewood, Centennial, Sheridan, Cherry Hills Village, Westminster,
Arvada, Littleton, Aurora and Thornton; and
WHEREAS, City Council strives to keep taxes low in Englewood, but lower taxes can
mean less funding to perform and maintain vital City services, including streets and public
safety/law enforcement functions; and
WHEREAS, the City has received repeated citizen requests to improve the current
condition of its streets and to ensure the City is safe by providing necessary safety services and
alternative law enforcement functions to its permanent inhabitants and transient populations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council carefully evaluated the City’s finances, and carefully
considered the potential solutions to these important citizen concerns; and
WHEREAS, the City conducted a targeted survey of its registered electors, and
concluded citizen support exists for increasing the City’s sales tax rate to improve and maintain
the City’s streets and expand public safety and alternate policing services; and
WHEREAS, in order to ensure that the City may continue to adequately fund and
expand these core City services, the City Council determined that it is in the best interest of the
residents of the City to refer to the eligible electors two ballot issues to seek approval to impose
and collect a Sales and Use Tax increase of 0.3 percent dedicated to repave and maintain
Englewood streets and roads and to fund alternate policing services to address homelessness,
mental health, and addiction to raise the total Sales Tax rate in the City from 3.5 percent to 3.8
percent; and
WHEREAS, on the 25th day of July, 2022, City Council adopted Ordinance No. 34
Series of 2022, putting these two Sales and Use Tax dedicated increases on the Englewood
November 2022 General Election Ballot for voters to consider; and
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WHEREAS, if approved, these increases would increase the tax on a $100 qualifying
purchase from $3.50 to $3.80, or an increase of less than 1/3 of a penny on every dollar spent that
is subject to sales tax; and
WHEREAS, the ballot questions would seek a total increase of 0.3 percent in the Sales
Tax, or 0.2 percent to be dedicated to fund street improvements in one ballot question, and 0.1
percent to be dedicated to fund alternate policing services in a second ballot question; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to C.R.S. § 1-45-117(1)(b)(III)(A), the City Council may
pass a resolution in support of a ballot issue.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Englewood City Council hereby urges the registered electors of the
City to vote "yes" on Ballot Issue 2B at the City's regular general election in November
2022, to raise the City Sales and Use Tax by 0.2 percent to provide annual projected
revenue of $1,957,596 to repave, repair, maintain, and improve City streets and roads.
Section 2. The Englewood City Council hereby urges the registered electors of the
City to vote "yes" on Ballot Issue 2C at the City's regular general election in November
2022, to raise the City Sales and Use Tax by 0.1 percent to provide annual projected
revenue of $978,455 to fund alternate policing services to address matters including
homelessness, mental health, and addiction.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 17th day of October, 2022.
______________________________
Othoniel Sierra, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Stephanie Carlile, City Clerk
I, Stephanie Carlile, City Clerk for the City of Englewood, Colorado, hereby certify
the above is a true copy of Resolution No. 34, Series of 2022.
______________________________
Stephanie Carlile, City Clerk
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