The mill levy would hinge on Amendment 73, which faces a statewide vote in November. Amendment 73 would raise $1.6 billion for K-12 education by raising income taxes for people who earn more than $150,000 a year.<\/p>\n
The Telluride Board of Education supports Amendment 73 and plans to drop its mill levy increase if the amendment passes.<\/p>\n
In Cortez, the Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1 board voted unanimously against putting a mill levy on the ballot, stating that it doubted that taxpayers would pass it. In 2017, voters rejected a mill levy increase that would have raised $2.7 million a year for teacher salaries, school technology and a new bus fleet. The Montezuma-Cortez board put its hopes on Amendment 73, which would raise an estimated $4.3 million per year if it passes.<\/p>\n
Telluride fire district seeks mill levy increase<\/div>\n
The Telluride Fire Protection District will ask voters to approve a mill levy increase and a freeze on the residential property tax rate in order to offset decreases in funding for the fire district.<\/p>\n
The fire district board approved the ballot language on Aug. 29. The ballot measure will ask voters to approve a two-mill increase on residential property while freezing the district\u2019s residential assessment rate at its current rate of 7.2 percent, the Telluride Daily Planet reported.<\/p>\n
According to fire Chief John Bennett, the new residential rate would amount to an increase of $72 per $500,000 of a home\u2019s value.<\/p>\n
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