City of Cortez Lodger's Tax Rate Increase Ballot Question
What does this measure do?
Supports: Public Infrastructure
Raises Cortez's tax on hotel and short rental stays to 6% to fund tourism, arts and city improvements. Guests would pay more; your property taxes would stay the same.
Read the official ballot measure
Proposed by: Cortez City Council (Ordinance No. 1375, Series 2026)
Cortez's elected city council. It asks voters to raise the tax on hotel and short-term rental stays to 6% for tourism, arts and city projects. Colorado law requires a vote on tax increases.
Source: cortezco.gov
A YES vote means
Raise the tax from 2% to 6% in January 2027, with no set end date. Council could later lower the rate, then raise it again up to that cap.
A NO vote means
Keep the current 2% tax on hotel and short rental stays. The city would not receive this extra money for tourism, arts and city improvements.
Sources: montezumacounty.gov · cortezco.gov
Sources: cortezco.gov2