PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. – Another central Illinois community has implemented a grocery tax.

On Tuesday night, the Peoria Heights Board of Trustees approved a 1% local version of the tax to go into effect when a similar state tax expires at the end of the year.

Village leaders estimated that Peoria Heights receives around $125,000 each year from the grocery tax.

That’s an amount that Trustee Nathan Steinwedel says is needed.

“That missing revenue puts the tax burden squarely on our citizens when it comes to fixing things like our water infrastructure, supporting our fire department, and covering other major expenses we have as a community,” Steinwedel said.

Steinwedel also argued the village’s high property taxes could make it difficult for a grocery store to operate in Peoria Heights.

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