The Boulder County Commissioners announced last week that Boulder County voters will be able to vote on two ballot measures from Boulder County in the November 2025 election. Following public hearings and community feedback received in August, the Boulder County Commissioners voted to place these county ballot measures on the November 2025 ballot.
The two measures are the Open Space Sales and Use Tax Extension (Boulder County Ballot Issue 1A) and the Mental and Behavioral Health Sales and Use Tax (Boulder County Ballot Issue 1B).
Issue 1A, the Open Space Sales and Use Tax Extension, asks voters if they would “extend in perpetuity the existing 0.15 percent countywide Open Space Sales and Use Tax for the purpose of acquiring, improving, managing, and maintaining open space lands and other open space property interests, including agricultural open space.” A “Yes” vote keeps the current open space tax going permanently, while a “No” vote would let it expire at some point in the future.
Issue 1B, the Mental and Behavioral Health Sales and Use Tax, asks voters if they would “impose for three years an additional sales and use tax of 0.15 percent for the purposes of addressing unmet needs of youth, adults, families, unhoused individuals, and older adults in Boulder County with or at risk of mental health and substance use disorders by providing mental health crisis services; suicide prevention and intervention; mental health and substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery; treatment services for unhoused individuals; and assistance finding appropriate services through community-based organizations, governmental entities, and other options; and a voter-approved revenue change.” A “Yes” vote would create a temporary, three-year tax to fund mental and behavioral health services, while a “No” vote advises that the tax is not created.
The Boulder County Commissioners said that because petitioners requested a later hearing date regarding the resident-proposed Niwot Public Improvement District, the measure did not meet the deadline for inclusion on the November 2025 ballot.
Election Day this year is Tuesday, November 4.
Visit boco.org/ballotmeasures for more information, including links to the Public Hearings and Public Meetings, and visit BoulderCountyVotes.org for more information about voting and the 2025 Election.
