Shoppers at Aurora grocery stores, such as the El Paso Más Grande on Galena Boulevard, will pay a local grocery tax next year. It will replace the tax the state charges. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com, July 2024

Aurora will charge a 1% sales tax on groceries, to replace the state grocery tax that is going away Jan. 1.

The city council approved the tax Tuesday night, in a 7-5 vote.

Aldermen Shweta Baid, Ted Mesiacos, Keith Larson, Juany Garza and Jonathan Nuñez voted “no.”

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City finance officials had estimated Aurora would lose at least $4.5 million annually if it did not enact the tax.

The vote came after a discussion about a potential $29 million deficit in the general f

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