Capital Improvement Plan

The Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) will spend a total of $22,932,325 in 2023 on capital projects. This will include funding from all sources including Stormwater fees, Water Utility funding, Wastewater fees, Utility Tax, Motor Fuel Tax, Local Option Sales Tax, ARPA funds, and Grant Funds (both Federal, State and other sources). Projects will include complete reconstruction complete with replacement of all underground utilities, overlay projects, sealcoat resurfacing, trenchless water main replacements, ADA sidewalk improvements, sidewalk infill activities, joint sealing, sewer and manhole lining, pavement marking, utility and pavement patching as well as traffic safety initiatives and outside engineering assistance services. 

Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Districts       

Illinois statute provides for municipalities to designate areas Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts. These areas qualify for designation by suffering from such factors as blight, obsolescence, deterioration, inadequate utilities, deleterious land-use, declining land value, among others. The City of Moline currently has 12 TIF Districts.

TIF districts are created to assist in the redevelopment of a particular area. A baseline for property taxes is developed. All taxing bodies still receive the same amount of property tax revenue as before the TIF district was designated. Also, no additional taxes are placed on properties in the TIF district. As improvements are made to a property its value increases. The difference between the increased value and the baseline is the increment. The increment is used by the local government to make public improvements to the redevelopment area.

The funds for the public improvements can be made available either by issuing bonds at the beginning of the project or distributing the increment as it becomes available every year.

In order for a project to qualify for TIF financing, the developer has to prove that “but for” public assistance the project would not move forward. There must be a number of impediments that make the project impractical without public assistance. The City has developed a process to ensure that public monies requested are indeed necessary.

Click here to view the City of Moline's established TIF Districts.