Heidi Amspaugh is a principal with Baker Tilly Municipal Advisors, LLC. Heidi’s practice includes working with municipalities and counties to finance capital infrastructure projects through issuance of municipal bonds payable from property taxes, local income taxes, tax increment financing (TIF) and other revenue sources. She specializes in downtown and mixed use redevelopment projects. Heidi also assists with enhancing local communities by developing incentive packages utilizing TIF, tax abatement, and other incentives. She assists communities through long term financial, capital planning and TIF management and reporting requirements.
- Advises cities, towns and counties on tax-exempt and taxable municipal bond structuring and issuance
- Structuring incentive packages to entice prospects or retain companies
- Negotiating economic development terms with companies, developers and underwriters
- Combining incentives and revenue sources, such as tax abatement, tax increment, local option income taxes
- Assists in strategizing and creating TIF Areas
- Provides support for communities related to the administration of TIF allocation areas, including strategic planning, compliance with annual reporting requirements and monitoring annual revenues
- National Association of Municipal Advisors (NAMA), president
- Indiana Economic Development Association (IEDA), past treasurer
- Accelerate Indiana Municipalities (Aim)
- Indiana League of Municipal Clerk Treasurers (ILMCT)
- Association of Indiana Counties (AIC)
- Indiana Auditor’s Association
- Indiana Women in Public Finance
- Speaks on municipal bond issuance and other financial topics related to public finance at conferences and universities
Disclosure
Baker Tilly Municipal Advisors, LLC is a registered municipal advisor and controlled subsidiary of Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LLP, a tax and advisory firm. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP, trading as Baker Tilly, is a member of the global network of Baker Tilly International Ltd., the members of which are separate and independent legal entities.
