School Board Chair Addresses Lawsuit Against Clemson
School district, county filed suit against City of Clemson regarding TIF funds
Dear Editor, The Pickens County School District and Pickens Countygovernment joined together and filed a lawsuit against the City of Clemson concerning the city’s misuse of surplus revenue from the TIF agreement between the three parties. “TIF” is short for Tax Increment Financing. First, a city creates a TIF area. Second, within the limits of the TIF plan, county government, school district and city tax revenue generated from the appreciation of property in that area is diverted from those taxing districts (county, school district, city), and is invested in redevelopment projects in the TIF area. In 1998 a TIF was approved that created a TIF area in downtown Clemson. Seventeen redevelopment projects were listed in the plan with a …
Alex Saitta
12:41 am on Wednesday, June 20, 2012
The dispute is $10 million. A hefty sum. We offered to split the disputed figure down the middle and take half. Their counter offer was a small amount would be given to the school district and zero for the county. The school district and county was generous I thought when the county and district agreed to give $10.4 million of school and county tax revenue to the city of Clemson to develop their … more ›