TIF for I.C. surgical center gets thumbs down.

Byline: Gregg Hennigan

Oct. 2--IOWA CITY -- A city council committee voted Monday against a surgical center's request for a $600,000 tax break, but project leaders said they may make another attempt for the money.

The city's Economic Development Committee voted 21 against forwarding to the full seven-member council the application from the Iowa City Ambulatory Surgical Center for tax increment financing, or TIF. Committee/council members Regenia Bailey and Connie Champion voted against the proposal. Bob Elliott voted for it.

Bailey said she believed the project was not dependent on the tax break and was concerned that it would be too dif ficult to measure its ...

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