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Antioch staff raises municipal natural‑gas use tax; trustees ask for revenue estimate and comparisons
Summary
Finance Director Michael Peterson proposed a municipal natural‑gas use tax intended to capture tax on gas purchased out of state but used locally. Trustees asked staff to obtain revenue estimates and examples from neighboring municipalities and return with more detail at the next meeting.
Finance Director Michael Peterson briefed trustees on a longstanding municipal option to impose a natural‑gas use tax that would target purchases of gas brought into the village (for example, purchases made from suppliers outside Illinois but consumed in Antioch).
Peterson said the tax is meant to broaden and diversify local revenue streams without shifting burden to residents; he emphasized the village’s intent to target businesses that circumvent local utility taxes by buying gas from out‑of‑state suppliers. He said that, depending on local commercial purchases, revenues could range from negligible to several hundred thousand dollars annually, but that the current packet did not include a reliable revenue estimate.
Multiple trustees pressed for concrete figures before moving forward: one trustee asked staff to check neighboring communities that have adopted similar ordinances and to produce a back‑of‑envelope revenue estimate so the board can judge whether the expected return justifies implementation and any fees charged to collect the tax. Staff agreed to return in roughly three weeks with additional information and a list of comparable communities.
No ordinance was adopted at the meeting; trustees requested further analysis and an expected follow‑up report before any final action.
