Oswego Village Board members Tuesday evening will consider whether to locally extend a 1% grocery tax set to expire statewide at the end of the year.

The Illinois General Assembly last summer voted to eliminate the state grocery tax and Gov. JB Pritzker signed it into law in August. The repeal of the 1% state grocery tax will take effect Jan. 1, 2026.

Several Fox Valley communities have already approved ordinances to implement a 1% municipal grocery tax to replace the state tax. Those municipalities include Aurora, Batavia, Montgomery, Yorkville, Sugar Grove and North Aurora, Oswego Finance Director Andrea Lamberg said in a report to trustees.

Geneva, St. Charles and Naperville are among other area towns that have approved local extensions of the tax.

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