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Oswego trustees direct staff to draft ordinance to retain 1% grocery tax, debate dedicating revenue to water fund
Summary
Trustees told staff to return with an ordinance to consider keeping the 1% grocery tax that the state will repeal in 2026; discussion centered on whether to retain the revenue to lower future water-rate increases or let the tax sunset and provide immediate relief to shoppers.
Chair opened discussion on whether the village should seek authority to keep a 1% local grocery tax after the state repeal and asked staff to return with an ordinance for future consideration.
Resident Ed Bradley urged keeping the tax and dedicating proceeds to the water-and-sewer capital fund, saying the 1% has been in place about 35 years and that the April 8 water-rate study favored scenarios that used grocery-tax revenue. “The village should definitely continue to collect this 1% grocery tax,” Bradley said, and recommended dedicating receipts to the water and sewer capital fund for at least five years.
Andrea, a village staff member, reviewed the statutory timeline and fiscal…
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