Greeley
Greeley sales tax: what 2F would fund and when
If approved, the proposed tax would fund the West Greeley project and Downtown Civic Campus, not MERGE. It would not apply to food and could end early if its debt obligations are paid off.
According to Greeley City Council’s Sept. 1 proceedings, the council voted to refer a tax-increase question to the city’s registered electors in the Nov. 3 coordinated election.
Here’s what projects the tax would fund, how long it would last, whether it would apply to food and how council members voted.
What would Greeley's proposed tax fund?
City Manager McBroom said staff recommended a 0.6% sales and use tax to fund three capital projects: the West Greeley project, Downtown Civic Campus and MERGE transportation project. Council voted 7–0 to remove references to MERGE from the resolution, leaving the West Greeley project and Downtown Civic Campus from staff’s three-project funding recommendation.
How long would the proposed tax last?
The resolution set the proposed tax increase for the period Jan. 1, 2027, through Dec. 31, 2067. Mr. McBroom said the tax would be structured for 40 years and would end early if the underlying debt obligations were paid off before then.
Would Greeley's proposed tax apply to food purchases?
City Attorney Stacey Aurzada said the proposed tax would not apply to food purchases.
Would the proposal authorize new borrowing?
Before council removed MERGE from the resolution, Stacey Aurzada said the proposal would not authorize any new debt beyond the existing Certificates of Participation for the West Greeley and Civic Campus projects and the TIFIA loan for MERGE.
How did council vote on referring the tax increase to voters?
According to Greeley City Council’s Sept. 1 proceedings, the council voted 5-2 to adopt a resolution referring the tax-increase question to the city’s registered electors at the Nov. 3 coordinated election. Councilmembers Huddleston and DeBoutez voted against it.