Public Meeting on Behavioral Health Services Sales and Use Tax Ballot Measure (Hybrid)

Description

9:30 a.m. (Tuesday, Aug. 19) Business Meeting and Public Meetings on Head Start Division and Behavioral Health Services Sales and Use Tax Ballot Measure

The follow up discussion on the Mental and Behavioral Health Services Sales and Use Tax Ballot Measure will take place after the first two docket items:

• Item No. 1: Business Meeting
  Location - Hybrid: Hearing Room and Zoom Webinar More information on virtual business meetings can be found in the Open Meeting Portal agenda packet.
• Item No. 2: Public Meeting on Head Start Division Monthly Report to the Commissioners
  Staff Contact: Akane Ogren Location - Hybrid: Hearing Room and Zoom Webinar Community Services Department: Monthly report from the Head Start division. Action Requested: None - information only No public testimony will be taken.

Best guess is that Item #3 will start around 10 a.m.

• Item No. 3: Public Meeting on Behavioral Health Services Sales and Use Tax Ballot Measure

  Staff Contacts: Michelle Webb and Jim Adams-Berger Location - Hybrid: Hearing Room and Zoom Webinar Please note: No public comment will be taken on Item No. 3. Public comment for this item was taken at a public hearing on August 12, 2025. A recording of that hearing can be viewed at the Open Meeting Portal. Community Services Department: Proposal to impose for fifteen years an additional countywide sales and use tax of 0.15% for the purposes of 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. Action Requested: Decision

Virtual Attendee Link for Commissioners' August 19 Morning Session

Call-in information: 1-833-568-8864, Webinar ID: 161 221 7255