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Antioch trustees weigh replacing $900,000 grocery tax with a 1% local sales tax as capital shortfall looms
Summary
At a Village of Antioch roundtable, trustees and staff debated funding options after the loss of local grocery tax revenue, hearing finance staff warn a 1% non-home-rule retail sales tax would cover much of a $12 million five-year capital need while opponents said added sales taxes would burden residents and businesses.
Mayor Gertner convened a Village of Antioch roundtable to discuss how to fill a looming budget gap after the state-level change that reduced local grocery-tax revenue, saying the meeting would be a planning session rather than a vote. Finance staff laid out scenarios showing the lost grocery tax at roughly $800,000–$900,000 annually and the non-home-rule 1% retail sales tax producing an estimated $1.6 million per year (about $8 million over five years), which would cover the bulk of roughly $12 million in capital needs identified in the village’s forecast.
The finance director warned trustees that without…
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