Evans: expand permitted uses of existing food sales tax
Evans · November 3, 2026
The question on your ballot
WITHOUT INCREASING THE CITY’S SALES TAX RATE, SHALL THE CITY OF EVANS EXPAND THE PERMITTED USES OF ITS EXISTING SALES TAX ON FOOD FOR DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION, APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN 2002 AND EXPANDED PURPOSES APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN 2021, TO INCLUDE COMMUNITY BENEFIT PURPOSES SUCH AS: • PROVIDING OPERATIONS THAT SUPPORT AND SUSTAIN CITY FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS, AND • PROVIDING PERFORMANCE-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES TO ATTRACT NEW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CREATE JOBS, EXPAND SHOPPING OPPORTUNITIES AND GENERATE NEW SALES TAX REVENUE, • MAINTAINING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PREVIOUSLY FINANCED WITH THIS TAX, INCLUDING THE POLICE FACILITY, AS THE CITY’S FIRST PRIORITY, AND SHALL ALL SUCH EXPENDITURES BE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL AND APPROPRIATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL; AND SHALL THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH REVENUES BE COLLECTED AND SPENT AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 20, OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND ANY OTHER LAW?
In plain language
A VoterDecoder summary of the official measure text.
Evans Ballot Issue 2C would expand how the city can spend its existing sales tax on food for domestic consumption, without raising the tax rate. Voters approved the tax in 2002 and expanded its uses in 2021. The new uses would include operating city facilities, performance-based incentives to attract new business and jobs, and maintaining projects the tax already paid for, with the police facility first. A YES vote allows these uses. A NO vote keeps the current uses.
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