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Ford Heights board adopts 1% grocery-retailer occupation tax ordinance
Summary
Trustees approved Ordinance No. 2025-09-03-08 establishing a 1% municipal grocery-retailer occupational tax and grocery service occupation tax; clerk said trustees could ask follow-up questions after the meeting.
The Village of Ford Heights board voted to adopt Ordinance No. 2025-09-03-08, a measure creating a municipal grocery-retailer occupational tax and a municipal grocery service occupation tax. The deputy clerk described the ordinance during the meeting and said the measure represents a 1% increase.
"This ordinance that was just passed is a 1% increase," the deputy clerk said as trustees recorded assent. The clerk invited trustees with detailed questions to speak after the meeting and offered to provide further information.
Supporters framed the ordinance as a revenue measure; no specific revenue projection was stated during the discussion. Trustees carried the motion by voice vote, and the board did not take amendments or roll-call tallies on the record during the public portion of the meeting.
