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Finance Committee approves tax package; 5% storage-facility tax to take effect Jan. 1, 2026
Summary
Bolingbrook Finance Committee approved a package of tax updates July 8, 2025: clarifying a 3% amusement/assembly tax, implementing a 5% storage-facility tax effective Jan. 1, 2026, and moving to adopt an ordinance so the village can continue collecting a grocery tax after the State’s 1% grocery tax is eliminated; the ordinance will be presented at the first village board meeting in August 2025.
Co-Administrator Lucas Rickelman presented several tax updates to the Finance Committee on July 8, saying the village is clarifying a 3% amusement and assembly tax and will implement a 5% tax on storage facilities effective January 1, 2026. Rickelman also told the committee that the State of Illinois is preparing to eliminate its 1% grocery tax and that the village will adopt an ordinance to continue collecting a grocery tax to offset the resulting revenue loss.
Trustee Jean Kelly moved to approve the packaged taxes; Trustee Troy Doris seconded the motion and the minutes record "All in favor. Motion carried." The minutes state the ordinance to continue grocery tax collection will be presented at the first village board meeting in August 2025 but do not include ordinance text or estimated revenue figures.
The minutes do not specify implementation mechanics, revenue estimates, or legal citations for the state action; staff indicated the village plans to adopt local ordinance language to preserve local revenue streams affected by the State's change.
