Commentary: Counties, not cities, should determine TIFs

From: St. Louis Daily Record | Date: May 9, 2008| Author: | Copyright information

Counties, not cities, should determine TIFs

A 2007 change to state law granting more authority to county tax increment financing (TIF) commissions within the St. Louis area, at the expense of municipal TIF commissions, has led cities within St. Louis County to initiate a lawsuit attempting to overturn the change.

The suit was filed on Feb. 15 by six cities along with their umbrella organization, the St. Louis County Municipal League. Municipalities within St. Louis and St. Charles counties have been enacting tax incentives, particularly TIF, with much greater frequency -- and much less fiscal ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

St. Louis, St. Louis County, Mo., Work to Streamline Building Codes.
; ...Phil Sutin May 25--St. Louis and St. Louis County do not want building codes to...calls it a rehabilitation code; St. Louis County, a revitalization code. But officials...investment in older areas of St. Louis County, said Garry Earls, the county...
Jefferson County, Mo., Tops St. Louis County for Number of Housing Permits.
; ...Jefferson County edged past St. Louis County for the first time last year...And it raises the profile of St. Louis County's neighbor to the south, once...blip on the radar screen and St. Louis County was the undisputed state champion...
Back surgery case leads to $2.5M award from St. Louis County jury
; ...more than $2.3 million from a St. Louis County jury. His wife was awarded another...at Orthopedic Specialists in St. Louis County. Rutz said Haley needed more...attorney Steve Garner said. A St. Louis County jury heard the medical malpractice...
St. Louis County Board Approves Site for New Casino.
; ...both sides of the issue, the St. Louis County Council voted Tuesday night before...Lemay. John Campisi, R-south St. Louis County, cast the decisive vote. His...six applications in St. Louis, St. Louis County, and Jefferson County. It likely...
Gov. Blunt names new judge for St. Louis County court
; ...chosen to fill a vacancy on the St. Louis County Circuit Court. Gov. Matt Blunt...will serve her and the people of St. Louis County well in this new role," Blunt...for this judicial position were St. Louis County Family Court Commissioner Kristine...
Judge orders St. Louis County to pay landowner in zoning switch.
; ...small strip of land in south St. Louis County where she intended to move her...years and she had assurances from St. Louis County officials that her proposed office...Reagan won a ruling Friday from St. Louis County Circuit Judge Kenneth M. Romines...
Railroad worker wins $1M in St. Louis County
; ...1.05 million jury verdict in St. Louis County. Myles Bentley, 34, worked as...the option to file the suit in St. Louis County, where the Fort Worth, Texas...railroad personal injury cases to St. Louis County since 2006. All of those cases...
KV Pharmaceutical to add workers if it gets tax break in St. Louis County, Mo.
; ...three area operations if the St. Louis County Council agrees to a package of...under a proposed agreement with St. Louis County. As a result, KV would add 300...Denny Coleman, president of the St. Louis County Economic Council, said the incentives...
First female judge in St. Louis County dies
; ...woman named to a judgeship in the St. Louis County Circuit Court. She remained there...city of St. Louis and Block in St. Louis County soon joined the ranks, both assuming...According to a former colleague, St. Louis County Circuit Judge Robert S. ...
St. Louis County panel gives development team head start in business park deal.
; ...site has taken an early lead. St. Louis County officials on Thursday announced...into a rare find in built-out St. Louis County -- open land suited for industry...pressure, the cities joined with St. Louis County and asked teams of developers...