Boulder VotesCity of Boulder · November 3, 2026
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City of Boulder ballot measure 2L · 2026

2L Collective bargaining for firefighters (new Charter §73)

A YES vote means
Add the specified collective-bargaining right and dispute process to the charter.
A NO vote means
Do not add this charter protection; existing contract and ordinance arrangements are not themselves repealed by a no vote.

In plain words

This would put full-time firefighters' collective-bargaining rights into the city charter. Bargaining already exists under a city contract and ordinance; the measure would make the right a charter provision and establish a process for unresolved disputes, potentially ending in a city vote. The city retains certain management rights defined in the proposed amendment.

Money

The published ballot question has no specific tax, debt, or dollar amount. Future negotiated labor costs are not quantified in the ballot language; an unresolved impasse could lead to an election under the proposed process. source

How it got on the ballot

Unanimously referred by City Council on August 6, 2026. source

Full ballot text

Official text on the City of Boulder website

Read the full ballot wording here
Shall the city amend its charter by the addition of a new Sec. 73, “Collective Bargaining for Firefighters,” as described in Ordinance 8761 which provides a charter guaranteed right for full-time fire department employees to bargain collectively over matters related to safety, wages, benefits, and all other terms and conditions employment, except those certain terms that are reserved to rights of management as defined in the proposed charter amendment, with impasse to be resolved through non-binding factfinding followed, if necessary, by a vote of the qualified electors of the City?

Who supports it, who opposes it

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News listing
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Supports

Opposes

None found so far. There may still be opponents.

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