A court date has been set for a dispute between the city of Warrenton and the Warren County Emergency Services Board that oversees the county’s 911 dispatch center.The city filed the lawsuit last …
This item is available in full to subscribers.
We have recently launched a new and improved website. To continue reading, you will need to either log into your subscriber account, or purchase a new subscription.
If you are a digital subscriber with an active subscription, or you are a print subscriber who had access to our previous wesbite, then you already have an account here. Just reset your password if you have not yet logged in to your account on this new site.
If you are a current print subscriber and did not have a user account on our previous website, you can set up a free website account by clicking here.
Otherwise, click here to view your options for subscribing.
Please log in to continue |
A court date has been set for a dispute between the city of Warrenton and the Warren County Emergency Services Board that oversees the county’s 911 dispatch center.The city filed the lawsuit last year after the emergency services board refused to pay tax money into a fund for redeveloping the former Warrenton outlet mall, now known as the Shoppes at Warrenton.Associate Circuit Judge David Hoven of Franklin County will hear the case at the Warren County Courthouse Sept. 28.The origin of the dispute is a tax increment financing (TIF) agreement Warrenton established to reimburse redevelopment costs at the mall. As part of the agreement, a portion of the sales and property tax revenue generated at the mall will be used for the reimbursement.The tax money from the mall is normally split between the city, emergency services board and several other political entities. TIF rules require a portion of that revenue from each entity be paid into a special TIF fund to reimburse the developer, according to the lawsuit.But the emergency services board is arguing that a provision of the law also allows it to withhold its portion of the funding.The city is seeking a court order compelling the emergency services board to contribute its portion of tax money into the TIF fund, according to the lawsuit.Representatives of the city of Warrenton and the Warren County Emergency Services Board declined to provide comment for this story.Lawsuit