![]() ![]() “I just don’t want the city of Aurora to be taken advantage of,” he said. He decried the fact the TIF district ties up tax dollars for the other taxing districts for 23 years. Lauzen is opposed to the city spending $50 million and getting it paid back “on an installment plan” when he said the casino could afford to do the project on its own. Both Laesch and Lauzen oppose creation of the TIF district. John Laesch, at large, and Chris Lauzen, Kane County treasurer, referred to Armstrong’s comments at the review board and touted his expertise on land assessment and TIF districts. He said it appeared to him the redevelopment of the area had already begun, without the TIF being established.īoth Ald. He said he did not feel the case was made that the area was blighted, and also said the but-for case was not made, because the property in the area recently sold for millions of dollars. The review board is made up of all the taxing bodies in the proposed TIF area, which includes Kane County.Īrmstrong was the one dissenting vote when six of the seven taxing bodies (with one absent) at the review board voted to support creation of the TIF district. Several relied heavily on the comments made by Mark Armstrong, the Kane County supervisor of assessments, at the Joint Review Board hearing for the TIF district. ![]()
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