Peoria Heights mayor to veto grocery tax

PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. – Peoria Heights Mayor Matt Wigginton says he intends to veto a one-percent grocery tax enacted by the Village Board.

The Village Board voted 5-1 in favor of the tax during a departmental meeting September 2. The tax goes into effect January 1 and is a tax that has been approved by other area communities.

January 1 is when a state-imposed one-percent grocery tax will end. Local governments have had the authority to impose their own tax to replace it.

Wigginton took to Facebook Friday to say he will formally inform the Board in writing of his decision to veto during its next regular meeting this Tuesday.

“The Federal and state governments specifically recognize this in Peoria Heights in that 100% of our public school children receive free breakfast and free lunch,”