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Commissioners direct survey and ballot‑language work as they weigh emergency‑services mill levy
Summary
Clear Creek County commissioners directed staff to develop ballot language and conduct a countywide survey to test support for a property‑tax increase inside the Emergency Services General Improvement District (ESGID) to bolster fire protection and consider including EMS; the board discussed timelines, municipal coordination and public outreach.
Clear Creek County commissioners spent part of the June 17 meeting on a work session about financing public safety, directing staff to draft ballot language and a public survey as a first step in exploring a property‑tax measure within the Emergency Services General Improvement District (ESGID).
What the board discussed Staff and the fire authority presented options to raise property tax mills inside the ESGID to help fund the county fire authority and, possibly, Clear Creek EMS. Commissioners discussed whether to include EMS in the same ballot measure and how to coordinate with municipalities that do not sit entirely inside the ESGID boundary. Staff noted EMS faces an annual operating…
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