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The Springfield City Council passed an ordinance authorizing a development agreement with the Springfield Park District for improvements in parks in the Enos Park and Madison Park tax-increment financing districts during a special meeting Tuesday. The final adoption came with an amendment: The park district won't get money from the city until it makes improvements on the parks, and the money doled out will be on a project-by-project basis. The amendment further limited the park district to spending any leftover money on two parks — Comer Cox and Chamberlain — both in the Far East TIF ...

An ordinance authorizing a development agreement with Springfield Park District for improvements in the Enos Park and Madison Park Place tax-increment financing districts will go to the debate agenda before the Springfield City Council next Tuesday. It was one of several items moved to that agenda by action of the Committee of the Whole Tuesday. It engendered plenty of discussion, including an accusation from Ward 7 Ald. Joe McMenamin that the park district is trying to "strong-arm" the city. The city has been trying to secure the support of the park district for the Enos Park and Madison Pa...

Photo: Saga Communications An argument against tax increment financing is that it takes potential revenues away from, for example, school districts and park districts. Now the Springfield Park District is offering to support some TIF extensions – if the city pays it the money the park district would otherwise lose out on. The TIF districts involved are the Enos Park and Madison Park Place districts. Ald. Doris Turner (pictured) aired her concerns to Mayor Langfelder, saying for up to $1.4 million, “we are going to get upgrades to two very small parks. It just seems odd to me.” “The a...

Always be kind DANYEL ANN “DEE” (WATTERS) PITTS Aug. 30, 1975-Jan. 22, 2020 | JOYEL ROSE “JOY” WATTERS-HALL Aug. 30, 1975-April 3, 2020 Danyel, left, and Joyel Danyel Pitts never had biological children, but plenty of people called her Mom. From her stepchildren to nieces and nephews to the high school girls she coached in track, many young people relied on Momma Dee for guidance, advice and unconditional love. Danyel grew up in Springfield with her twin sister, Joyel. Danyel was older by only five minutes, but throughout their lives she fulfilled the role of old...