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Council adopts 5% streaming and 5% self-storage rental taxes to help fund maintenance plan
Summary
Warrenville approved two new local taxes — a 5% streaming amusements tax and a 5% self-storage rental tax — to generate revenue for the Capital Maintenance Replacement Plan. Both measures passed after council debate; one council member recorded a dissenting vote on each item.
The Warrenville City Council on April 21 adopted two targeted local taxes designed to raise revenue for the city's Capital Maintenance Replacement Plan (CMRP): a 5% streaming amusements tax and a 5% self-storage facility rental tax.
Finance Director Kevin Dahlstrand presented the streaming-tax ordinance as a recommendation from the CMRP work group, saying the city faces a substantial funding gap in its multiyear maintenance plan and that a dedicated new revenue source would help close that shortfall. Dahlstrand described…
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