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DeKalb council preserves local 1% grocery tax to offset $800,000 loss from state change
Summary
The DeKalb City Council on June 23 approved Ordinance 2025-028 to add a municipal grocery retailers/service occupation tax, preserving a 1% tax locally after the state change; council debate focused on budget needs, distributional effects and timing for the city budget.
The DeKalb City Council voted 5-2 on June 23 to adopt Ordinance 2025-028, authorizing a municipal grocery retailers occupation tax and a municipal grocery service occupation tax to replace the state-level 1% grocery tax that will no longer be remitted to municipalities.
City Manager Bill Nicholas told the council the ordinance is intended to “replace the state tax that will be going out at the end of the year with a local 1% tax,” and that the city estimates the change would otherwise reduce local revenues by about $800,000 annually. He said the…
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