Increased Lodging Tax Ballot Issue Feedback

Gilpin County wants and requests your feedback on the County's increased lodging tax ballot issue!

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On August 26, 2025, at a regularly scheduled meeting, the Gilpin County Board of County Commissioners voted to approve the following Ballot Issue be placed on the November 4, 2025 Election Ballot for decision by Gilpin County eligible electors: 

GILPIN COUNTY BALLOT ISSUE 1A: Additional Lodging Tax to Support, Sustain, and Enhance Gilpin County for Our Residents, Workforce, and Visitors

SHALL GILPIN COUNTY TAXES BE INCREASED BY APPROXIMATELY $348,500.00 ANNUALLY COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2026, AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY IN EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR, TO ALLOW FOR A FOUR PERCENT (4%) ADDITIONAL LODGING TAX TO BE ADDED TO THE EXISTING TWO PERCENT (2%) LODGING TAX, FOR A TOTAL OF SIX PERCENT (6%) LODGING TAX ON THE RENTAL FEE, PRICE, OR OTHER CONSIDERATION PAID OR CHARGED FOR THE LEASING, RENTAL, SALE, OR FURNISHING OF A ROOM OR ACCOMMODATION FOR A SHORT-TERM PERIOD [A PERIOD OF LESS THAN THIRTY (30) CONSECUTIVE DAYS] IN GILPIN COUNTY, EXCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL AND CITY OF BLACK HAWK THAT CURRENLTY HAVE THEIR OWN ADOPTED LODGING TAX, WITH AT LEAST TEN PERCENT (10%) OF GILPIN COUNTY’S ADDITIONAL FOUR PERCENT (4%) LODGING TAX REVENUE TO BE USED FOR ADVERTISING AND MARKETING LOCAL TOURISM AND THE REMAINING NINETY PERCENT (90%) OF GILPIN COUNTY’S ADDITIONAL FOUR PERCENT (4%) LODGING TAX REVENUE TO BE USED FOR PURPOSES AUTHORIZED BY LAW, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE OR IMPROVEMENTS AND HOUSING AND CHILDCARE FOR THE TOURISM-RELATED WORKFORCE, INCLUDING SEASONAL WORKERS AND OTHER WORKERS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND SHALL THE FIRST YEAR REVENUES, AND WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BE COLLECTED AND SPENT AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LIMITATION OR CONDITION UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?

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The above Ballot Issue will be on the November 4, 2025, Ballot.  Gilpin County encourages the eligible electors to submit their comments and feedback now, as soon as possible.  Colorado law limits this opportunity to comment, which opportunity extends only until 12:00pm noon on September 19, 2025.

We cannot accept comments after that deadline.  Comments will be summarized as required by Colorado law and included in the election notice that will be mailed to eligible electors. To be summarized in the Ballot Issue Notice, the comments must address this specific Ballot Issue and must include a signature and an address where the signer is registered to vote. Comments not meeting these requirements cannot be summarized and included in the election notice mailed to voters.  Please tell us if you are for or against the additional 4% Lodging Tax (resulting in a total of a 6% Lodging Tax) within unincorporated Gilpin County and why.

You can submit your comments by completing, printing, and signing this Ballot measure comment form or email them to the County Attorney’s office at sbaciak@gilpincounty.org or to pubcomment@gilpincounty.org. You are also welcome to mail your comments to Gilpin County at P.O. Box 366, Central City, CO 80427. We look forward to hearing from you.