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Children’s Trust board accepts interlocal agreement with Pensacola resolving TIF demand, with one dissent
Summary
After extended debate the board voted to accept a negotiated interlocal agreement with the City of Pensacola to resolve tax‑increment funding claims for 2021–2025, directing the city to spend the agreed sum on child services; one board member opposed the agreement citing concerns about reporting specificity.
The Escambia County Children’s Trust board voted to accept a negotiated interlocal agreement with the City of Pensacola intended to resolve the city’s demand for tax‑increment (TIF) payments from the trust for tax years 2021–2025.
Legal counsel described the agreement as a compromise negotiated with city counsel and the mayor’s office. Counsel said the proposed interlocal would provide tax‑increment funding payments net of allowable deductions and includes a partial credit tied to prior grants between the trust and Parks & Rec. Counsel cited a payment figure of $1,851,333.70 and discussed a partial credit in the range of several hundred thousand dollars that would reduce the total…
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