The Clinton City Council took up some local tax issues on Tuesday night.

On the WHOW Morning Show Wednesday, City Administrator Taylor Baxter told Regional Radio the Council approved keeping the grocery tax in place. The State of Illinois will stop collecting the tax and is leaving it up to local governments to stay in place.

Additionally Tuesday night, the Council acted on a State of Illinois option to increase the Home Rule sales tax rate from a half-percent to one percent.

The home rule sales tax dollars will help with the upcoming projects the City has planned including a new water tower and a new city hall building.

Baxter gave an update on those projects as well. We'll have more on those next week on Regional Radio.