Boulder County Ballot Issues

Note: This page lists only county ballot issues and measures. Individual towns and cities within Boulder County may be considering municipal ballot measures for the November 2025 election. Please check with your municipality to see if they intend to place any issues or measures applying to the incorporated areas within your town or city this fall.

Each year during the summer (typically in late July or early August), the Board of County Commissioners considers whether to advance any Boulder County-related issues to the November election ballot. Visit the Elections Division or your choice of third-party websites for other ballot content (usually available by late September).

Community Member-Proposed Ballot Issue (Limited Voting Area): Niwot Area Public Improvement District of Boulder County

Public Hearing (Aug. 19, at 1 p.m.): Niwot Area Public Improvement District of Boulder County

A petition was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners by Boulder County residents for the organization of a Public Improvement District (PID) to be known as the Niwot Area Public Improvement District of Boulder County, for the purpose of taxing properties in the District to provide for the rehabilitation and maintenance of certain roads within the District, including:

• the repaving and/or reconstruction of asphalt roads
• sidewalk improvements as needed to comply with Federal ADA laws surrounding roadwork
• concrete curb, gutter, and cross-pans directly associated with road resurfacing
• other costs directly associated with rehabilitation and maintenance activities in accordance with the 2025 Niwot Master Plan adopted by the Niwot Local Improvement District

About Forming a PID

• Visit the Forming a Public Improvement District (PID) for Subdivision Roadway Reconstruction website to find out more about this resident-led process.
• Review the fact sheet and list of questions and answers put together by the Boulder County Public Works Department.

Niwot PID Proposed District Boundaries

Except for the properties that are included in the Old Town Niwot Local Improvement District dated April 19, 2002, all properties located in the area bounded by the Diagonal Highway on the west, Highway 52 on the south, 95^th Street/Hover Road on the east, and Ogallala Road on the north.

Niwot PID Public Hearing

The public hearing for the Niwot PID is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, at 1 p.m. at the Boulder County Courthouse, 3rd floor, 1325 Pearl St., Boulder.

The public hearing can be attended in-person, online through Zoom, or by phone:

• Register to attend or comment through Zoom.
• Register to comment in-person.
• To attend by phone, call 1-833-568-8864 and use the Webinar ID: 160 383 9439.

Submit Comments on the Niwot PID Proposal Ahead of the Aug. 19 Public Hearing

If you’d like to share written comments before the public hearing, please use the public comment form (blue button below) by noon on Monday, Aug. 18.

2025 Proposed Boulder County Ballot Issues

At a public hearing on Tuesday, Aug. 12, members of the public shared comments on the proposed Open Space Sales and Use Tax Extension and Mental and Behavioral Health Sales and Use Tax ballot measures.

The commissioners voted to amend the Open Space Sales and Use Tax Extension ballot measure to change it from “in perpetuity” to a period of 10 years.

The commissioners will deliberate and vote on the Mental and Behavioral Health Sales and Use Tax ballot measure on Tuesday, Aug. 19, in the morning. There will be no further opportunity for public comment. The commissioners’ Tuesday meetings start at 9:30 am. The meetings can be observed in person in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room (3rd floor, 1325 Pearl Street) or online through the Boulder County Meeting Portal. Please see the advance agenda for links to view the meeting.

Item No. 1: Open Space Sales and Use Tax Extension

• Resolution 2025-37 Open Space Tax Extension Ballot Title Resolution
  A Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of Boulder County approving a ballot title for the November 4, 2025, general election to extend in perpetuity the existing 0.15% 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.

• Resolution 2025-36 Open Space Tax Extension Proposal Resolution
  A Resolution describing a proposal for the extension of the 0.15% 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; and a voter-approved revenue change.

Item No. 2: Mental and Behavioral Health Sales and Use Tax

• Resolution 2025-39 Mental and Behavioral Health Tax Ballot Title Resolution
  A Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of Boulder County approving a ballot title for the November 4, 2025 general election to impose for fifteen years an additional sales and use tax of 0.15% for the purpose 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.

• Resolution 2025-38 Mental and Behavioral Health Tax Proposal Resolution
  A Resolution describing a proposal to impose for fifteen years an additional sales and use tax of 0.15% for the purpose 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.

Submit Comments

If you’d like to share written comments about either of the ballot measure proposals, please use the public comment form (blue button below):