Oak Park to adopt 1% replacement grocery tax

Oak Park to adopt 1% replacement grocery tax

Less than two months away from the state’s deadline, Oak Park has decided to impose a 1% tax on groceries to replace the identical state tax that Illinois eliminated last year.  An ordinance ratifying the local tax was included on the consent agenda for the Aug. 5 Oak Park village board meeting following a discussion of the matter at a July 31 finance committee meeting. The new tax will not be discussed by the full board at the Aug. 5 meeting, a…