Sales Tax

Colorado is seeking public input as the San Juan Basin Area Agency on Aging steps down, while Mancos considers a sales tax increase for streets and broadband.

The Montezuma County commissioners this week said no to both a sales-tax question and a proactive emergency declaration.

Hundreds of Montezuma County residents took advantage of the county’s free clean-up days at the landfill Friday and Saturday, dropping off old appliances, furniture, electronics, and tires without paying a fee.

Three Republican candidates seeking a seat on the Montezuma County commission largely agreed on many issues at a forum Monday night, but expressed some key differences.

The Montezuma County commissioners have changed the way in which a proposed sales tax would be divided between the sheriff’s office and the Road and Bridge Department.

Over-collected revenues from a sales tax for the Cortez Recreation Center cannot legally be used to fund parks in the city of Cortez. Officials explained that several times during Tuesday’s meeting of the city council.

The Montezuma County commissioners are mulling the idea of putting a sales tax on the ballot this year.

Proponents for a public safety sales tax in Montezuma County made their case Tuesday at a League of Women Voters presentation in Cortez.

Voters in Montezuma County may have the opportunity in November to decide whether to adopt what’s being called a “public-safety sales tax.”

U-S Forest Service investigators say the east troublesome fire that killed two people and destroyed hundreds of homes in twenty twenty was human caused. And Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signed a bill to stop charging state sales taxes on menstrual products and diapers.