Malec v. City of Belleville

The plaintiff, Stephen T. Malee, appeals the order of the circuit court that granted the motion for a judgment on the pleadings filed by the defendants, the City of Belleville (the City) and Green Mount Development, LLC, and GMCR, LLC (the Developers), and dismissed the plaintiffs first amended complaint. On appeal, we are called upon to decide whether a citizen and taxpayer of the City has standing to challenge, via a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief, the following: (1) the City’s formation of a tax-increment-financing (TIE) district pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation…