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Payment In Lieu Of Taxes

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Bloomingdale Tax Deal: 'I Haven't Changed My Mind,' Councilwoman Says

Council votes to introduce ordinance allowing for Payment in Lieu of Taxes program to move forward with luxury apartment complex developer.

In contrast to the hours of heated discussion and comments regarding the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) program Bloomingdale had considered entering into with Bloomingdale Urban Renewal, LLC (formerly known as AvalonBay) last year, the re-introduction of the ordinance for the agreement was approved rather quietly Tuesday. Bloomingdale Urban Renewal is building a 174-unit luxury apartment complex on Union Avenue. Little discussion was had at Tuesday night's council meeting on the agreement, which would grant the borough payments at the same time as taxes are typically paid for the next 30 years. The payments would be made at a minimum of $550,000 per year with the borough retaining 95 percent of the money; the county retaining 5 percent …

wendy

9:07 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013

please do not ask the board of education they, continue to employee a person who violated civil rights of disabled child for a very long year and needed the federal Goverment to visit to comply with any part of the law , people like this should never be asked a concern of our comunity, and they continue to have a no access policy for the disabled or elderly at any door even know all the doors …   more ›

Monday, January 7, 2013

Bloomingdale Mayor 'Confident' AvalonBay PILOT Program Will Move Forward

Bloomingdale Council expected to introduce ordinance for Payment in Lieu of Taxes program Tuesday.

With two new members, both Democrats, on the Bloomingdale Council, Mayor Jonathan Dunleavy is confident that a proposed Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) program with AvalonBay will move forward after it is introduced by title at Tuesday night's reorganization meeting. The council will officially meet for the first time this year since new members were sworn in on Jan. 1. Included on the Tuesday meeting's agenda, in addition to dozens of appointments to various boards and committees, is the introduction of an ordinance for the borough to enter into the agreement with luxury apartment developer AvalonBay for a PILOT program. This is the second time the council will have voted on introducing an ordinance for the agreement, as the ordinance …

Ron Glassman, Ph.D., M.P.H

1:53 pm on Tuesday, January 8, 2013

I agree with your assessment, but this PILOT will go a long way in tackling that problem.   more ›

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