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Shall Judge Russell E. Carparelli of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office?

Amendment 41
Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning standards of conduct by persons who are professionally involved with governmental activities, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting a public officer, member of the general assembly, local government official, or government employee from soliciting or accepting certain monetary or in-kind gifts; prohibiting a professional lobbyist from giving anything of value to a public officer, member of the general assembly, local government official, government employee, or such person's immediate family member; prohibiting a statewide elected officeholder or member of the general assembly from personally representing another person or entity for compensation before any other such officeholder or member for a period of two years following departure from office; establishing penalties for a breach of public trust or inducement of such a breach; creating a five-member independent ethics commission to hear ethics complaints, to assess penalties, and to issue advisory opinions on ethics issues; and specifying that the measure shall not apply to home rule jurisdictions that have adopted laws concerning matters covered by the measure?
YES 6270 NO 3167

WEST GRAND SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1-JT.REFERRED QUESTION 3A
(Vote Yes or No)
SHALL WEST GRAND SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1-JT DEBT BE INCREASED $11,500,000, WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF $20,730,000 AND SHALL DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED $998,500 ANNUALLY FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:
· CONSTRUCTING, EQUIPPING AND FURNISHING A NEW PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 8TH GRADE FACILITY TO REPLACE THE EXISTING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL FACILITY;
· MAKING HIGH-PRIORITY REPAIRS TO THE HIGH SCHOOL FACILITIES AND GROUNDS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO REPAIRING, REPLACING, IMPROVING AND EQUIPPING SUCH FACILITIES TO IMPROVE STUDENT SAFETY AND IMPROVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT;
AND SHALL THE MILL LEVY BE INCREASED IN ANY YEAR, WITHOUT LIMITATION OF RATE AND IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST ON SUCH DEBT OR ANY REFUNDING DEBT (OR TO CREATE A RESERVE FOR SUCH PAYMENT), SUCH DEBT TO BE EVIDENCED BY THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS BEARING INTEREST AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO EXCEED 5.85%; SUCH BONDS TO BE SOLD IN ONE SERIES OR MORE, FOR A PRICE ABOVE OR BELOW THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SUCH SERIES, ON TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AND WITH SUCH MATURITIES AS PERMITTED BY LAW AND AS THE DISTRICT MAY DETERMINE, INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR REDEMPTION OF THE BONDS PRIOR TO MATURITY WITH OR WITHOUT PAYMENT OF THE PREMIUM OF NOT TO EXCEED THREE PERCENT; AND SHALL THE DISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE DEBT TO REFUND THE DEBT AUTHORIZED IN THIS QUESTION PROVIDED THAT SUCH REFUNDING DEBT, ALONG WITH ANY OTHER DEBT INCURRED BY THE DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THIS AUTHORIZATION, IS ISSUED ON TERMS WHICH DO NOT EXCEED THE PRINCIPAL, INTEREST AND REPAYMENT COSTS AUTHORIZED IN THIS QUESTION; AND SHALL THE EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH BOND PROCEEDS AND TAX REVENUES BE COLLECTED, RETAINED AND SPENT AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?

YES    42    NO  25

TOWN OF BRECKENRIDGE REFERRED MEASURE 2A
(Vote Yes or No)
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2007, SHALL TOWN BUSINESS AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE TAXES BE INCREASED BY $665,000 ANNUALLY, AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, AND SHALL THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF BRECKENRIDGE BE AUTHORIZED TO ADJUST THE RATE OF THE TOWN’S BUSINESS AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE TAX SUBSEQUENT TO JANUARY 1, 2007 TO REFLECT INCREASES IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, ALL BY ADOPTING THE REVISED AND RESTATED TOWN OF BRECKENRIDGE “BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION LICENSES AND TAX ORDINANCE “AS SET FORTH IN FULL IN SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 35, SERIES 2006?

YES    636   NO   742

TOWN OF FRISCO REFERRED MEASURE 2B
(Vote Yes or No)
May the Town of Frisco, Colorado, negotiate and execute a lease to Colorado Mountain College, for a term of up to ninety-nine (99) years at a cost of one dollar ($1.00) per year, for not more than twenty (20) acres of land from within the Town’s property known as the Peninsula Recreation Area, with the lease area being on the southwestern edge of the Peninsula Recreation Area and bounded by the Peninsula Recreation Area entrance road on the west, Peninsula Road on the north, Peak One Road on the east, and Highway 9 on the south, all for use as a college campus, in accordance with the memorandum of understanding between the Town and Colorado Mountain College, with any development there on being subject to the final approval of the Town?

YES  589    NO  730

COPPER MOUNTAIN COLSOLIDATED METROPOLITAN DISTRICT REFERRED MEASURE 5B
(Vote Yes or No)
SHALL COPPER MOUNTAIN CONSOLIDATED METROPOLITAN DISTRICT DEBT BE INCREASED UP TO $7.5 MILLION, WITH A MAXIMUM REPAYMENT COST OF UP TO $13.73 MILLION, AND SHALL DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED UP TO $670 THOUSAND ANNUALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING THE COSTS OF REPLACING AN INADEQUATE FACILITY BY CONSTRUCTING AND EQUIPPING A NEW FIRE STATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING FOR THE HOUSING OF EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL NECESSARY TO THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY AND OTHER DISTRICT SERVICES AND TO ENABLE THE DISTRICT TO ADEQUATELY MEET THE CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS OF THE COPPER MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY; SUCH DEBT TO CONSIST OF THE ISSUANCE AND PAYMENT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BEAR INTEREST AT A MAXIMUM NET EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE NOT TO EXCEED 6.25% PER ANNUM AND BE ISSUED, DATED AND SOLD AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES, AT SUCH PRICES (AT, ABOVE OR BELOW PAR) AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAINING SUCH TERMS, NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY DETERMINE; AND SHALL AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES BE LEVIED IN ANY YEAR, WITHOUT LIMITATION AS TO RATE OR AMOUNT, TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS AND TO FUND ANY RESERVES FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF; AND SHALL ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH TAXES AND BONDS (REGARDLESS OF AMOUNT) CONSTITUTE A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE?

YES   152    NO    25