YES on 6D
YES on 6D provides funding from a ½-cent sales tax (50¢ on each $100) dedicated to firefighting, to ensure we can maintain and continue the same great service we get now.
Wildfires are a growing threat to lives and property. YES on 6D creates permanent funding that will allow the district to maintain and improve wildland firefighting capabilities to protect us with both new specialized equipment and wildland firefighter training.
YES on 6D provides dedicated, permanent funding that enables the District to ensure excellent training and sufficient support for our professional volunteer firefighters.
YES on 6D will support firefighters with communication systems that can maintain volunteer firefighter response times; and to maintain and replace — as necessary — the Fire District’s aging trucks and firefighting equipment.
Since all the Estes Valley Fire District firefighters are volunteers, local taxpayers save approximately $12 million a year by not having to pay firefighter salaries or benefits. This means any new sales tax revenue can be used very efficiently to expand and strengthen our force; and on needed equipment and training to keep Estes Valley Fire District effective in its firefighting mission.
Estes Valley is one of the few fire districts without a permanent, guaranteed funding source dedicated to firefighting.
Today, we cannot fund a Capital Reserve to replace trucks and apparatus; and the town’s sales tax support is not sustainable.
Over 80% of our neighbors surveyed said that Estes Valley needs and deserves a permanent funding source to support our Professional Volunteer Firefighters to protect our community.