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Lincoln council considers keeping 1% municipal grocery tax; city could lose about $530,000 if it lets it expire
Summary
City attorney and finance staff told the Committee of the Whole the council must adopt an ordinance by Oct. 1 to retain a 1% grocery retailers tax that the state allowed municipalities to keep; council placed the ordinance on the regular agenda.
The City of Lincoln Committee of the Whole discussed whether to retain a 1% municipal grocery retailers occupation tax that Illinois law allows municipalities to keep if they adopt a local ordinance. City Attorney Hovlett and a city finance official said keeping the tax will preserve roughly $530,000 a year in local revenue; the ordinance must be filed with the state by Oct. 1 to retain the tax beyond Jan. 1, 2026.
City Attorney Hovlett told the council that the…
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