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Boulder voters are favoring approval of increasing the city’s debt limit and extending a community and resilience tax in early election results as of 7:45 p.m. Tuesday. Boulder ballot item 2B seeks to authorize a debt increase to build and maintain capital improvements. As of 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, 61.1% of voters were for the measure and 38.9% of voters were against it. If approved, this measure would fund capital improvement projects by increasing the city’s debt limit up to a $262,000,000 principal amount with a maximum repayment cost of up to $350,000,000. This debt would then be repaid solely by dollars collected through the community, culture, safety and resilience tax, if separately approved. Boulder ballot item 2A seeks to extend the community, culture, resilience and safety tax. As of 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, 68% of voters were for the measure and 32% of voters were against it. If approved, this ballot item would forever extend an existing 0.3% community, culture, resilience and safety sales and use tax. The money goes toward maintaining roads, paths, trails and other infrastructure improvements. The tax was initially scheduled to expire Dec. 31, 2026. If approved, revenue from the tax extension will be used to build and maintain city capital improvement projects starting Jan. 1, 2026. Projects include roads, paths, bike lanes, trails, and sidewalk enhancements; recreation center renovations and replacements; snow and ice response; parks and playground refurbishments; fire and police station renovations and replacements; critical bridge replacements; and open space trail and trailhead improvements. Up to 10% of the tax revenue will be used to fund a grant pool for nonprofit organization projects that benefit the people of Boulder.
