Grocery

The Village of Peoria Heights will enter a working agreement with the Peoria Fire Department to assist with emergency calls. The plan passed narrowly during Tuesday’s three-hour meeting that also saw trustees override the mayor’s veto of an ordinance to establish a 1% grocery tax.

Peoria Heights village trustees have scheduled another vote to enact a local grocery tax after Mayor Matt Wigginton vetoed the initial approval late last week.

The status of a possible local grocery tax in Peoria Heights remains undetermined after Mayor Matt Wigginton vetoed authorization ahead of this week’s village board meeting.

Shoppers at Morton grocery stores will continue paying a 1% grocery sales tax next year, when the state's tax expires.

An attempt to have the Peoria City Council take a second look at its adoption of a local grocery tax failed to advance to discussion during Tuesday’s regular meeting.

Washington joined the grocery sales tax crowd Monday. The City Council voted 6-2 for the city to impose a 1% sales tax on groceries starting Jan. 1 to replace the state's 1% grocery sales tax.

The Peoria City Council unanimously voted to adopt a municipal grocery tax to replace a state tax slated for elimination.

Adoption of a municipal grocery tax to replace the upcoming elimination of the state’s tax will go before the Peoria City Council at its next meeting Tuesday.

The City of East Peoria is establishing its own grocery tax to avoid losing revenue when the state grocery tax ends at the start of next year.

The Pekin City Council voted 4-3 on Tuesday for the city to establish its own 1% grocery sales tax so it can recoup the $1.5 to $1.7 million annually the city would have lost because of the state grocery sales tax's elimination.