Chelan County and the regional port are locked in a fight over who controls more than $100 million in future tax revenue - county services or Port-backed development.
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Chelan County Questions Port’s $103M TIF Proposal
Chelan County Commissioners are criticizing the Chelan-Douglas Regional Port Authority for pushing forward a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) proposal it says will divert over $103.6 million in tax revenue from county services over the next 25 years.
In a statement, the Board of Commissioners say Port CEO Jim Kunz made "disingenuous statements" that he wished to work with Chelan County, calling the comments a "smoke screen."
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Kunz said he would not