TIF Program

TIF helps municipal governments stimulate redevelopment in a designated area. Using this financing tool, the City can reimburse developers for certain expenses using the property tax revenue that new development in the TIF district generates. Expenses eligible for reimbursement include:

• Construction or rehabilitation of roads, sidewalks, and sewers.
• Architectural, engineering, legal, environmental, financial, planning, and other services;
• Property assembly costs, including acquisition of land, demolition of buildings and site preparation;
• Costs of rehabilitation, reconstruction or repair or remodeling of existing buildings, fixtures and leasehold improvements;
• Cost of financing during construction; and 
• A portion of the interest cost incurred by a developer related to the construction, renovation or rehabilitation of a redevelopment project

There are five TIF Districts in the City of Pekin, the Central Business District TIF, Southern Industrial TIF, the Court Street TIF, the South Residential TIF, and the East Residential TIF. You can see their locations in our on-line map.  

How does the City of Pekin Tax Increment Finance (TIF) program work?

• When a tax increment financing (TIF) district is established, the equalized assessed value (EAV) on each property within the TIF district is set at a “base” value.
• For 23 years after the TIF district is established, property tax revenue generated by higher property values from new developments within the district is paid to the city’s special TIF fund, instead of the other taxing bodies. Those taxing bodies (the county, park district, school districts, etc.) continue to get the tax revenue from the “base EAV” in the district, but not the revenue created by new property values above the base.