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Roscoe board holds first reading on continuing 1% grocery tax amid debate over ballot and fairness
Summary
Trustees held a first reading of an ordinance to continue a 1% municipal grocery tax; members debated the policy's fairness, local revenue importance and whether it should go to a referendum.
The Roscoe village board held a first reading July 1 of an ordinance to continue the village's 1% municipal grocery tax, with trustees debating whether Roscoe should remain aligned with neighboring municipalities or put the question to a public referendum.
The ordinance under consideration, listed in meeting materials as Ordinance 2025-o14, would reinstate or continue a 1% grocery tax that the village has used in prior years. Village leadership told trustees the tax generated about $100,000 in 2025 revenue and that the per-family…
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