Coal Ridge Metropolitan District

NOTICE OF ELECTION

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly, to the electors of the Coal Ridge Metropolitan District (“District”) of the Town of Firestone, Weld County, Colorado:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. regarding the question of the waiver of property tax revenue limits, as applied to the District.

The election is being conducted as a mail ballot election by the Designated Election Official, Craig Sorensen, c/o McGeady Becher Cortese Williams P.C., 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado  80203, telephone number 303-592-4380.  The place of deposit for mail ballots and walk-in polling place for voting at the election will be at said office.

Not sooner than October 13, 2025 and no later than October 20, 2025, the Designated Election Official shall mail to each active registered elector of the District a mail ballot packet.

The walk-in polling place shall be open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. beginning not sooner than twenty-two days prior to the election, October 13, 2025, and from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on the date of election.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an eligible elector of said District for the purpose of said election is a person registered to vote pursuant to the “Colorado Uniform Election Code of 1992”; and (i) who is a resident of the District, or (ii) who, or whose spouse or civil union partner, owns taxable real or personal property within the District, whether said person resides within the District or not.  A person who is obligated to pay taxes under a contract to purchase taxable property within the District shall be considered an owner of taxable property for the purpose of qualifying as an eligible elector.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee voter ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official at the address set forth above no later than the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election.  Return of absentee voter ballots and replacement ballots may be received by the Designated Election Official at the above address, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. beginning on October 13, 2025, until the day prior to the election, or between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on the date of the election.

Coal Ridge Metropolitan District

By:

/s/ CRAIG SORENSEN

Designated Election Official

Published in:  Longmont Times-Call
Published on:  September 26, 2025

*for accessibility purposes, this is an alternate conforming version of the Notice of Election

Public Notice

Coal Ridge Metropolitan District
November 4, 2025 Election

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of Directors of the above-referenced political subdivision of the information required under Section 1-7-908(1), C.R.S.:

1       The District was not organized until May 21, 2025.

2      Projected information for the current fiscal year is based on estimated figures.

3      Amount of any debt or other financial obligation incurred by the District for cash flow purposes that has a term of not more than one (1) year.

4      If the emergency reserve fund is not fully funded by cash or investments, as required by the Colorado Constitution, it must include in this notice a statement of reasons for not fully funding the reserve.

The District’s audited financial statements, management letters and budgets, if any, for the past four (4) years are available for public review at:  McGeady Becher Cortese Williams P.C., 450 E. 17th Ave., Suite 400, Denver, CO  80203.

This notice shall be posted at least twenty (20) days before the election at:
https://coalridgemetrodistrict.specialdistrict.org/