City Budget Priorities

City ordinances involving taxation

So I present to you the specifics.

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_5343 MUN CODE AMEND Adopting Ch 3-10, 'Trash Tax", B.R.C. 1981, prescribing an Occupation Tax on collection of garbage & Excise Tax on certain customers of garbage collection services. Intro, Amended & Adopted as Emergency l0-23-90.

_5349 MUN CODE AMEND Sec 3-10-5, B.R.C. 1981, (Ord 5343) to Change effective date of Recycling Tax to 1-1-91 Intro, Amend, Adopted 11-20-90 as Emergency Intro 1-22-91. Amend 2-5-91, 3rd Rdg

_5419 P SUBMITTING to the Electorate at 11-5-91, Gen Mun Election, the questions of issuing $20,000,000. in bonds for Parks & Recreation purposes & continuing the 0.15% Parks & Recreation sales & use tax as a Parks, Recreation, & Human Services sales & use tax until 12-31-2012; Dedicating half of said tax for payment of the bonds, & earmarking any surplus for Parks & Recreation purposes and Dedicating the other half of said tax for certain Human Services purposes (Joint Comm of PetitionersCompromise) Intro & Amended 9-3-91 Adopted as Emergency 9-17-91.

_5422 ADOPTING An Admissions Tax Increment Contract concerning the Boulder Theater. Intro 10-1-91.

_5492 P SUBMITTING to Electorate at 11-3-92, Gen Election, question: shall COB Sales & Use Taxes be increased 0.15%until 12-31-2012, to produce $2,500,000 annually for Human Services Pds, Environmental Fds, Youth Opportunity Fds, Arts & Cultural Fds, Pks & Rec Fds & other basic municipal services beginning 1-1-93. Amended 9-1-92, 3rd Rdg Req. Amended 9-15-92 & Adopted as Emergency.

_5579 P SUBMITTING at 11-2-93, Gen Mun Election, a measure to allow the collection & expenditure of full proceeds of the sales & use tax, Admissions tax, accomm tax and non-federal grants. Intro and amended 7-20-93 Adopted.

_5646 P SUBMITTING to the electorate on 11-8-94 ballot auth imposition of an employee head tax, inc'g the Transp Devel Excise tax & inc'g the City' sales & use tax in amt of $12.2 M. Intro & Amend 7/19/94, Amend 8-2-94, 3rd Rdg Req. Amend & Adopt 8-16-94.

_5649 P SUBMITTING to rhe electorate on the 11-8-94 ballot, combining an inc in the City's trash tax up to $4 M per yr for recycling, & auth theissuance of bonds for recycling & composttg facilts to $6 M. Intro &Amended7/19/94 Amend 8-2-9,3rd rdg required.

_5653 P SUBMITTING to the electorate on the 11-8-94 ballot, question of increasing the accom tax to 2.75% for purp of acquiring, const, maint'g & operatg the Bldr Theatre/Mtg Cntr & Auth bond issuance up to $16 M. Intro 7/19/94. Amended 8/2194, 3rd rdg Req.

_5662 P SUBMITTING to the electorate on the 11-8-94 ballot, the question of: imposing an education excise tax on residential deve1opment. Intro 8-16-94 Amended & Adopted as Emergency 8-30-94

_5740 P SUBMITTING to the electorate .25% sales tax incr & bondg auth for Land Acq amt not exceed $29,400,000 for Pk Land Acq, for passive & active rec uses, pk & rec devel, renov & refirb, at 11-7-95 Gen Mun Elect. Intro & Amend 7-11-95. Amd 8-8-95.3rd Rdg 9-5

_5807 P SUBMITTING to the electorate on 11-5-96, a ballot issue to extend COB 0.33 cent Op Sp S & U Tax indefinetly by removing scheduled 12-31-2004, expir date & to pledge the revenue derived from such tax for Op Sp purposes. Intro 7-16-96.Amd 8-6-96 3rd Rd. Req. Amd 8-20-96 4th Rd

_5812 P SUBMITTING to electorate on 1 1-5-96, the question of retention of $419,747. in 1995 Gen Fd, Op Sp Fd, Trans Fd, & Trans Excise Tax Rev (which exceeded the TABOR revenue limitation). Intro 8-6-96.

_5828 P SUBMITTING to Electorate on 11-5-96, the question of incr COB debt by $20,000,000. & the S & U Tax by 0.1 cent for up to 22 years, to reduce potential urban development with priority purch of Mann & Flatirons Propertys. Intro, Amend & Adopt as Emerg 9-3-96.

_5893 P SUBMITTING to voters, a ballot issue to extend the Citys $.33 Op Sp S & Use tax thru Dec. 31, 2020, 16 yrs beyond the 12/31/2004 expir date, & pledge revenues for Op Sp purp. Intro 5-20-97.Amnd 6-3-97. Amnd 6-10-97. Adpt 6/17/97 emrg

_5924 P SUBMITTING to electors; Development excise tax; higher sq. ft. DET. Intro 8-5-97. Amended & Adopted Emergency 9/2/97

_6019 SPECIAL muni election to increase DET tax on new annexing Intro 8/18/98 (inflation alt with ammendments) Adopted9/ 1/98

_5925 P SUBMITTING to electors: Ordinance to combine Ords 5910& 5911 .15 tax and mill levy increase 2 mills. Regarding Public Safety Property and Sales Tax. Intro 8-5-97.8-19-97 Adopted.

_6039 MUNI CODE EMERGENCY Recodifving & increasing DET Excise tax. Intro & Amended 12/01/98

_7075 P SUBMITTING- to the qualified electors of the City of Boulder at the Special Municipal election to be held Tuesday, the 7th day of November, 2000, a ballot regarding an affordable housing tax. Tabled on 7/11/00, until 7/18/00. Intro 7/18/00. Amended 8/1/00. Adopted 8/15/00.Adopted 8/15/00

If your observations parallel mine, then you recall that each of these proposals was delivered to the public with the clear implication that the city needed these taxes as a result of current fiscal stress, the threat of future fiscal stress, or that this "essential program" could not be funded with existing city resources. Marcelee Gralapp is the city's Director of Libraries. She has been on the job for 41 years. According to her, this is her 41st consecutive budget emergency.