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Board approves technical grocery‑tax ordinance language after resident request to remove item from consent agenda
Summary
Trustees approved ordinance language clarifying the village’s grocery‑tax code at the Department of Revenue’s request; one resident asked to pull the item from the consent agenda and several trustees registered no votes but the ordinance carried 5–3.
On Sept. 15 the Village Board approved an ordinance clarifying grocery‑tax language at the Illinois Department of Revenue’s request and after public comment asking that the item be removed from the consent agenda.
Staff said the ordinance contains no substantive change to the grocery tax and reflects the specific wording the Department of Revenue requested. A resident, Keith Mones, asked that the item be pulled from the consent agenda for a separate vote; trustees discussed and ultimately voted on item H separately.
Nut graf: The village manager and the attorney said the language change does not alter existing tax rates or the tax as currently applied; the changes were presented as administrative clarifications meant to comply with Department of Revenue formatting.
Trustee Manganaro had registered a no vote earlier; the board recorded a roll‑call vote on the item after discussion. Trustee Bertucci moved approval, Trustee Lebeds seconded; roll call was Yes: Bertucci, Lebeds, Schwingbeck, Zick, President Tonali; No: Santa Maria, Dunnington, Manganaro. The motion carried 5–3.
Ending: Staff will publish the clarified ordinance language and the Department of Revenue will have the requested format for the village’s code; no substantive tax change was reported at the meeting.
