Fox River Grove board approves consent agenda, enacts electricity surcharge reduction

The Village of Fox River Grove Board of Trustees approved a consent agenda Oct. 7 that included Ordinance 2025-22, which reduces the municipal electricity surcharge tax, and Ordinance 2025-23, which amends language in the village code. The board also approved minutes (Sept. 16), accounts payable, the August treasurer’s report and fee waivers for firefighter and Lions Club raffles.

Trustee Devin Hester moved to approve consent agenda items A–G and Trustee Andrew Migdal seconded. A roll-call vote recorded Trustees Hester, Joseph, Knar, Migdal and Wall as voting "yes." Trustee Jennifer Curtiss was absent. The motion passed.

During the public-comment period before the vote, resident Kyle Platt of 402 Lucille Ave. urged the board to discontinue a 1% municipal tax on groceries, saying he believes removing it would attract shoppers from neighboring communities. Platt also said reductions to electric and telecommunications taxes would be less noticeable to residents. Platt’s remarks were part of the public-comment record but no formal tax change other than Ordinance 2025-22 was presented on the agenda.

The ordinances were handled as part of the consent agenda and passed without separate discussion. The board did not provide additional details in the meeting minutes about the projected fiscal impact or an effective date for Ordinance 2025-22; that information was not specified in the meeting record.

The meeting lasted about 12 minutes, opening at 6:30 p.m. and adjourning at 6:42 p.m. The board’s next procedural steps, including implementation timing for ordinance changes, were not specified in the minutes.