After hours of deliberation and three meetings over three weeks, the Boulder County Commissioners may finally have a mental health tax proposal ready for voters.

The commissioners voted 3-0 on Thursday to put a three-year, .15% sales and use tax to fund mental health services on the November ballot. On Aug. 19, the commissioners voted 2-1 to put essentially the same tax on the ballot but with a five-year lifespan. If passed, the mental health tax funds can fill a gap left when funds from the American Rescue Plan Act dry up in 2026.

Preparing the tax for the ballot has been a little controversial — not in regard to the tax’s ends but rather its means. Some felt that the initial 15-year proposal and the five-year proposal would simply keep the status quo and not allow for transformative ch

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