At the Sept. 9 meeting, the Homewood Village Board agreed to implement the new 1% non-home rule local sales tax. The move will raise Homewood’s current 9% sales tax to 10%, and will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2026.
Information on the new sales tax was presented and discussed with the board at the Aug. 26 meeting.
Amy Zukowski, Homewood finance director, had said that the 1% tax is a new option available to…
