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Planning department moves $120,000 in legal work to TIF funds, flags InterGov permitting problems
Summary
Planning staff told the committee a proposed $363,000 in TIF reimbursements is included in next year’s budget and asked that $120,000 of redevelopment legal services be paid directly from TIFs to reduce the planning fund’s apparent increase.
The county’s Planning & Development department told the personnel committee it plans to reassign some redevelopment legal fees to TIF reimbursements to reduce the apparent growth in the planning fund and requested two classification changes that the committee approved.
May (presenting for Planning & Development) explained that the proposed 2026 budget assumes $363,000 of TIF reimbursements to the general fund. The department asked the committee to treat $120,000 of redevelopment legal services as paid directly from TIF receipts rather than the planning fund, which would lower the planning fund’s year‑over‑year increase from about 7% to roughly 2% after the adjustment. Committee members agreed by…
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