SHALL CITY OF CENTENNIAL TAXES BE INCREASED $27 MILLION ANNUALLY, AND BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNT IS RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BY THE IMPOSITION OF AN ADDITIONAL 1.00% (1 CENT ON $1) ON SALES AND PURCHASES OF TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY AND CERTAIN SERVICES (NOT APPLYING TO SALES OF FOOD FOR HOME CONSUMPTION, GASOLINE, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, AND CERTAIN OTHER ITEMS AS PROVIDED IN THE CENTENNIAL MUNICIPAL CODE), RESULTING IN A TOTAL SALES AND USE TAX RATE OF 3.50%, AND SHALL SUCH INCREASED SALES AND USE TAX RATE COMMENCE JANUARY 1, 2027 TO BE USED FOR PUBLIC WORKS RELATED SERVICES SUCH AS TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND RELIABLE STREET MAINTENANCE, INCLUDING POTHOLE REPAIRS AND PAVEMENT PRESERVATION; REPAIRING AND RECONSTRUCTING ROADWAYS AND AGING INFRASTRUCTURE IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND KEY CORRIDORS; AND BRIDGE, SIDEWALK, AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS, WITH ALL SUCH REVENUES AND RELATED SPENDING REPORTED IN THE CITY'S ANNUAL INDEPENDENT AUDIT PUBLISHED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND REVIEWED BY THE CENTENNIAL AUDIT COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL, AND SHALL THE REVENUES GENERATED BY SUCH SALES AND USE TAX INCREASE AND ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH REVENUES BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE CITY AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?
Centennial city, Colorado
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating for ballot measures: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. You have more power in ballot measures because you vote directly on the policy.
Representation: High · 68 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 108,201 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(5,862,189 ÷ 108,201) ÷ ln(50,000) = 68.45, measured against a statewide vote in CO (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
High representation + a direct vote on the policy → My vote power: High.
Ballot Measure
Supports: Public Infrastructure, Public Safety and Crime Control
The measure would increase Centennial's sales and use tax by 1 percentage point, to 3.5%, beginning January 1, 2027, raising an estimated $27 million annually. Food for home consumption, gasoline, prescription drugs, and other code-listed items would be exempt. Revenue would fund traffic safety, street maintenance, roadway reconstruction, bridges, sidewalks, and pedestrian access, with annual audit reporting and review.
Read the official ballot measure
A YES vote means
The additional 1% sales and use tax would take effect and its revenue could be spent on the listed public-works and transportation purposes.
A NO vote means
The sales and use tax would remain at 2.5%, and the city would not receive the projected additional transportation revenue.
Sources: onbase.centennialco.gov2