Severance voters opposing sales tax in early count

SEVERANCE — With early voting in, Severance voters seem to be shooting down a 1% sales tax to replace the city’s transportation utility fee.

Severance ballot issue 2A as of 9:30 p.m. losing 66.5% (2,778 votes)  to 33% (1,395 votes)  with 4,173 votes cast so far.

If residents approve the tax, the city will repeal its existing transportation utility fee, which is $15.50 per month per resident, or $186 a year, which supports maintenance, improvement, acquisition, and expansion of the town’s transportation facilities and infrastructure.

According to the ordinance, an increase in the town’s sales and use tax rates by one percentage point to a total of 4% would garner no more than $1.2 million a year. 

This story will be updated as new vote counts are released by election officials.

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Sharon Dunn

Sharon Dunn is an award-winning journalist covering business, banking, real estate, energy, local government and crime in Northern Colorado since 1994. She began her journalism career in Alaska after graduating Metropolitan State College in Denver in 1992. She found her way back to Colorado, where she worked at the Greeley Tribune for 25 years. She has a master's degree in communications management from the University of Denver. She is married and has one grown daughter — and a beloved English pointer at her side while she writes. When not writing, you may find her enjoying embroidery and crochet projects, watching football, or kayaking and birdwatching on a high-mountain lake.