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 Park Place TIF extensions and under the agreement the city would give the park district $655,040 to improve facilities in parks in those TIFs.