Voters in Eagle County will soon decide whether to double the county's lodging tax from 2% to 4%. It's a move that would help fund mostly child care, but it would also support housing and public safety for locals working in the valley as well.

Ballot Issue 1A would raise the county's lodging tax on short-term rentals and hotel stays in unincorporated Eagle County and the town of Gypsum. The measure would not apply to the mountain towns of Avon, Basalt, Eagle, Minturn, Red Cliff or Vail, which already have their own lodging taxes.

Under the proposal, 90% of the roughly $4.5 million raised annually would go toward child care costs for the local workforce, as well as first responder support. The remaining 10% would fund tourism marketing.

Commissioner Jeanne McQueeney CBS

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