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West Chicago council debates grocery and sales tax options, directs staff to draft ordinance to hold grocery tax 'on the books'
Summary
After debate over budget shortfalls and household impact, the council directed staff to draft a version of the grocery tax that could be approved but not immediately implemented; finance staff said the grocery tax is estimated to generate about $425,000 annually.
Chair (speaker 1) opened the meeting with annual remarks and said he had listened to residents and did not favor immediately reinstating a 1% grocery tax or a separate 0.25% sales-tax increase.
The main discussion concentrated on ordinance 25-00021, a proposed increase to the municipal retailers' and service occupation taxes (a sales-tax measure) and a related grocery-tax option. Council members weighed the city’s budget shortfall against the potential burden on vulnerable residents and disagreed about timing.
"I had indicated previously that I would be against the idea of reinstating that 1% grocery tax,"…
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