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Freeburg board adopts municipal grocery tax ordinance
Summary
The Village of Freeburg adopted Ordinance #1800 on May 5, creating a municipal grocery retailers' occupation tax and a municipal grocery service occupation tax; trustees voted to adopt the ordinance by title only at the meeting.
The Village of Freeburg Board of Trustees adopted Ordinance #1800 at its May 5, 2025 meeting, establishing a Municipal Grocery Retailers' Occupation Tax and a Municipal Grocery Service Occupation Tax for the village. Mayor Seth Speiser presented the ordinance and Trustee Ramon Matchett, Jr. moved adoption by title only; Trustee Robert (Bob) Kaiser seconded.
According to the minutes, the motion passed on a roll-call vote recorded as six ayes, zero nays. The minutes do not include the ordinance's tax rate or effective date; those details were not specified in the record and will appear in the codified ordinance when published. The Board recorded the vote in the meeting minutes as "All voting aye, the motion carried."
