Attempt to Fast Forward Dempster/Dodge TIF Vote Fails
Aldermen Don Wilson and Coleen Burrus voted against suspending council rules in order to introduce and vote on the proposed TIF redevelopment plan in the same meeting.
City council members attempting to push through a vote on a TIF redevelopment plan at Dempster and Dodge were stymied Tuesday by opposition from fourth ward Alderman Don Wilson and ninth ward alderman Coleen Burrus. Wilson and Burrus both voted against a motion to suspend city council rules so that aldermen could introduce and vote on the TIF plan in the same meeting. If the council had voted on the TIF district Tuesday night, it would have allowed the city to implement the plan using the property’s 2010 assessed value, about $10.8 million. Because a motion to suspend the rules requires a unanimous vote, the action failed entirely, and the city council was unable to bring the TIF plan up for discussion. Earlier: Dempster/Dodge TIF …
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Richard Schulte
4:10 pm on Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Thumbs up! Instead of TIF, Evanston needs to knock-off it's anti-business attitude. No more talk about plastic bag bans and all of the other kooky stuff. more ›