Geneva Aldermen to Consider Rescinding Places for Eating Tax

GENEVA, IL - The Geneva City Council on Monday will consider rescinding a proposed places for eating tax meant to add $1.5 million to the city’s coffers.

Mayoral candidate Tom Simonian, who is currently an alderman, has said the tax was “communicated poorly” to restaurants in town and also said the tax, which was proposed by administrators, was one of many revenue-making ideas raised at budget meetings, the Daily Herald reports. Mayor Kevin Burns, who is in favor of the tax, agreed to put the matter on Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting agenda.

The places for eating tax, which will charge an extra 2 percent on a customer's bill for food and beverage at restaurants, taverns and deli, was approved 7-3 by aldermen in October, according to the Daily Herald. At that meeting, some restaurant owners said they had never been told about the tax.

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