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Blue Island council approves ordinances to retain grocery tax and advance option for sales-tax increase to pay for water needs
Summary
Blue Island City Council voted to continue the grocery tax and approved ordinances to preserve and expand local sales-tax authority to help pay for urgent water infrastructure needs.
Blue Island City Council voted to continue the city's existing grocery tax and approved ordinances that would give the city the option to increase local sales-tax authority as recommended by the Illinois Municipal League, officials said during the council's regular meeting on Jan. 2.
City leaders said the measures are intended to shore up revenue for capital needs, in particular pressing water infrastructure projects that an engineering firm estimated would exceed $20 million for the city's most urgent repairs and service-line replacements. Council members and staff emphasized the step is part of a multi-year funding strategy rather than a single solution.
During a presentation ahead of the votes, a presenter summarized comparative sales-tax metrics for Blue Island and neighboring municipalities to show Blue Island ranks near the…
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