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Waukegan staff brief committee on decision deadline to preserve local 1% grocery tax; potential $1.9–2M revenue at stake
Summary
Finance staff told the committee the state will cease municipal collection of the grocery tax unless a municipality elects to adopt it by Oct. 1, 2025; continuing the 1% locally would maintain roughly $1.88–$2 million in annual revenue for Waukegan.
The Finance & Purchasing Committee received a staff briefing on Aug. 18 about a state-level change to the grocery tax and a municipal decision deadline.
Finance Director Juan told the committee the state’s grocery tax will cease to be a state-collected source unless each municipality elects to continue a local 1% tax. “The state has put in the hands of…
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