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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; After a judge last week ruled to block an injunction request from the City of Wilkes-Barre, the Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority voted Tuesday to redistribute leftover money from a municipal project fund.</p><p>According to Garry Taroli, solicitor for the redevelopment authority, that means that much of nearly $3.2 million would be returned to the county, the Wilkes-Barre Area School District and Wilkes-Barre Township.</p><p>The money stems from a tax incremental fund, or TIF, begun by the three bodies in 1998 for the purpose of making improvements to Coal and Mundy streets along with Highland Park Boulevard.</p><p>Wilkes-Barre sued earlier this year, claiming it had become a party to the TIF and arguing the project would not be complete until Coal Street was extended to meet with Pennsylvania Avenue.</p><p>The city demanded an injunction to prevent the millions of dollars from being redistributed. But Luzerne County Judge Thomas F. Burke Jr. determined after a lengthy hearing the city did not show it needed the injunction.</p><p>With that ruling, the way was cleared for the redevelopment authority to distribute the funding within 30 days.</p><p>Taroli said the authority is withholding 3 percent of the money, or roughly $96,000, to pay for any potential legal fees that may arise.</p><p>The money will be distributed proportionally to the amounts the school district, county, and township put in, Taroli said, with roughly $1.5 million going to the district, $1.1 million to the county and the remaining $600,000 to the township.</p><p>&#8220;The parties are all in agreement the money should be disbursed in proportion to their disbursement,&#8221; Taroli said.</p><style>
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Redevelopment Authority votes to distribute money from disputed TIF