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Commissioners narrow and rework mental-behavioral health sales-tax referral; board shortens proposed term and removes prescriptive language
Summary
Boulder County commissioners on Aug. 28 altered the county's proposed mental and behavioral health sales-tax referral, shortening the proposed term to three years and removing prescriptive allocation and oversight language to allow staff and the board to set priorities after additional outreach.
The Boulder County Board of County Commissioners on Aug. 28 revised the county's proposed mental and behavioral health sales-tax referral before re-referring it to the November 2025 ballot.
Deputy Natalie Springett told commissioners staff had been asked to consider reconsideration after public and board concerns about timing, specificity and the degree of detail in the originally proposed language. Commissioner Levy had requested more time to review whether a long-term (perpetual) or multi-decade funding commitment was appropriate amid federal and state fiscal uncertainty; she also raised concerns that paragraph 17 of the proposed resolution appeared to prescribe program evaluation and staffing in ways that might require additional…
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