Boulder voters rejected the Building Boulder Together facilities bond while approving three other city measures, according to the city’s November 4 election update. The failed bond leaves major recreation, fire and municipal-building replacements without that financing route.
Voters approved a change calculating the debt limit using actual property value rather than assessed value. They also approved a vacancy excise tax and charter-protected collective bargaining rights for full-time fire employees.
The city said the vacancy tax is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2028, with administration rules to come before council in 2027. It described the annual charge as roughly $4,000 for qualifying vacant homes. Approval of the higher debt limit does not itself approve every future borrowing or replace the rejected facilities bond.
