HomeMy WebLinkAbout 17-43 Support of Ballot Issue 2A for 110717RESOLUTION N0.11-43
A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF BALLOT ISSUE 2A APPEARING ON THE NOVEMBER 7, 2017
BALLOT, FOR FINANCING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FIRESTONE POLICE STATION
WHEREAS vibrant and economically sound communities depend on quality emergency services; and
WHEREAS quality emergency services depend upon strong community support; and
WHEREAS the Firestone Police Department operates out of limited space inside the Firestone Town Hall
and in a modular office building located behind the Town Hall; and
WHEREAS experts in law enforcement structures estimate that the Town Hall and modular building are only
30 percent of what police officers need today to perform their duties; and
WHEREAS Firestone is routinely recognized among the safest communities, including #2 in Colorado and
16 nationwide; and
WHEREAS the Firestone community is experiencing significant growth that requires additional and
appropriate space for operations by the Firestone Police Department; and
WHEREAS the needs of the Firestone Police Department have far exceeded the spatial capacity of current
facilities; and
WHEREAS the Firestone community will have the opportunity to express its preference for construction of a
new Firestone Police Station when considering Referred Measure 2A, which proposes a new sales and use tax
earmarked for the construction of the new Firestone Police Station, to include a court facility and a multi -purpose
police training/community room; and
WHEREAS the proposal for finding the new Firestone Police Station is designed so that the sales and
use tax will be imposed for no more than 25 years, and also so that there will continue to be no sales tax on food for
domestic home consumption; and
WHEREAS if the tax is approved, the Town will finance the construction of the Firestone Police Station
through alease-purchase agreement and use the new sales and use tax to make payments on that obligation; and
WHEREAS the Board of Trustees desires to express its support for Ballot Issue 2A;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF
FIRESTONE, COLORADO:
Section 1. The Board of Trustees of the Town of Firestone hereby expresses its support of the 2017 tax
ballot measure for the financing of construction of a new Firestone Police Station and urges the Firestone voters to
vote "yes" on Ballot Issue 2A at the November 7, 2017 election.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY A
TOWN
OF FIRESTONE, CO
Paul Sorensen,
TO 0 THIS 27TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2017,
N
ATTEST
,V
Leah Vanarsdall, Town Clerk