Voters decide to Keep Greeley Moving, pass ballot measure 2F

By Kelly Ragan

Once again, Keep Greeley Moving, aka ballot measure 2F, proved popular with voters Tuesday night, passing with 79.83% of the vote as of Nov. 7.

Greeley voters first approved the Keep Greeley Moving tax, a 0.65% food exempt sales tax, in 2015. The tax was set to expire in 2022.

According to city documents, during the first five years of the Keep Greeley Moving tax, the city was able to invest in:

• $4.6 million worth of concrete repairs, including 13 miles of sidewalks

• $5.8 million in seal coating 88 miles of roadway

• $5.9 million in patching 148,000 square yards of roadway (about 23 football fields)

• $29.1 million in overlaying 54.9 miles of roadway

• $2.1 million in applying 1,145,130 pounds of crack seal

• $20.4 million in roadway expansion, including 20th Street and 71st Avenue

Without that funding, according to city documents, the roadwork above would not have been possible.

“While the funding has enabled progress, a significant backlog of road maintenance needs remain for the city’s 380 miles of road,” according to city documents. “Additionally, there are over $55 million in curb, gutter and sidewalk needs that still exist today.”

At a previous city council meeting, the city’s finance director, John Karner, said if renewed, Keep Greeley Moving would raise about $13 million to help various projects move forward.