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Grand County weighs 0.3% sales tax and staffing cuts to close $1.5M budget gap
Summary
At a Dec. 2 budget workshop Grand County commissioners reviewed options to reduce a roughly $1.5 million reserve draw, including a proposed 0.3% fixed-guideway sales tax expected to generate about $2 million annually, phased increases to administrative fees, and a hiring freeze plus voluntary work reductions to save recurring salaries.
Grand County commissioners and staff met Dec. 2 to review options for closing an estimated $1.5 million shortfall in the county's tentative 2026 budget. Staff framed the response as two concurrent strategies: increase revenues and decrease expenses.
Staff presented a proposal for a 0.3% 'fixed guideway' sales tax that it estimated could bring in about $2,000,000 a year. Staff said some of that revenue could be devoted to operations and maintenance but recommended limiting such allocations so future bond capacity — for example to build a public safety facility — would remain viable. A staff member described outside consultant Marcus Keller's advice as…
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