‘Putting the onus on us’: Washington latest Peoria-area city to discuss local grocery tax – Peoria Journal Star

Washington council members questioned if taxes would need to be raised to make up for the money used to help feed Washington's police pension fund that must be paid by 2040. East Peoria will institute a 1 percent grocery tax to cover the expected $2 million shortfall, while Pekin instituted a similar tax to make up for a estimated $1.5 million loss. Peoria is working on a plan to cover the possible $4 million it will lose.