Northbrook has joined a long line of municipalities enacting their own 1% grocery tax when the state’s 25-year-old tax for the same amount ends Jan. 1.

Officials said without creating the village’s own tax, Northbrook would lose up to $1.8 million in revenue annually.

“We would need to make up that lost revenue elsewhere, most likely through an increase in property taxes or other new taxes and fees,” Trustee Robert Israel said.

“Since the local grocery tax would be paid by Northbrook and non-Northbrook residents alike, it is in our best interest to adopt the local 1% tax.”

The Village Board voted unanimously to adopt the tax at its Aug. 26 meeting and then to tweak wording in the ordinance as recommended by the village attorney at its Sept. 9 meeting.

Trustee Heather Ross raised conce

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