Adams County Fire Protection District 6EAdams County Fire 1% sales tax

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BALLOT ISSUE 6E: SHALL ADAMS COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED $11,732,488 (FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR DOLLAR INCREASE) AND BY WHATEVER AMOUNTS AS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, FROM A 1.0% SALES TAX, WHICH IS ONE DOLLAR ON EVERY $100 PURCHASE, EXCLUDING EVERYDAY NECESSITIES LIKE GROCERIES, GAS, PRESCRIPTIONS, AND DIAPERS, FOR THE PURPOSES OF MAINTAINING VITAL EMERGENCY SERVICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: REDUCING EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES; MAINTAINING ADEQUATE NUMBERS OF FIRST RESPONDERS AND FIREFIGHTERS; PROTECTING THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS BY REPLACING AND UPDATING ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT; AND, PROVIDING UPDATED TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, FIRES, AND RESCUES. WITH ALL REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES REPORTED IN THE DISTRICT’S ANNUAL INDEPENDENT AUDIT PUBLISHED ON THE DISTRICT’S WEBSITE AND REVIEWED BY A CITIZEN BOARD OF DIRECTORS; SUCH SALES TAX TO BE IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER TAXES LEVIED BY THE DISTRICT, AND SHALL THE DISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL REVENUE GENERATED BY SUCH TAX EXCEEDING THE LIMITATION IN SECTION 20 OF ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 29-1-301 OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, AND ANY OTHER LAW?