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Morton adopts ordinance to keep 1% grocery sales tax following state law change
Summary
The Village Board approved Ordinance No. 26-08 to implement a municipal grocery retailer's occupation tax and a municipal grocery service occupation tax so the village continues to receive the local share of the 1% grocery sales tax after a state law change; board members said the move does not increase grocery costs.
The Village Board of Morton on a voice and roll-call vote approved Ordinance No. 26-08 to implement a municipal grocery retailer's occupation tax and a municipal grocery service occupation tax, a change the corporation counsel said is needed to continue the village’s current 1% grocery sales tax after a state law change.
Corporation Counsel presented the ordinance as the sole legal item on the agenda and said…
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