JOLIET — Just in time for Christmas, Joliet Mayor Terry D’Arcy and the Joliet City Council are expected to vote at Tuesday night’s meeting whether to increase the fuel taxes that citizens and non-residents pay when pumping fuel at Joliet’s many gas stations.
The addition of making people more money for their fuel comes just two weeks after D’Arcy voted to increase the property taxes for Joliet residents as part of the mayor’s initiative to increase the city of Joliet’s spending in the upcoming 2025 budget.
The new spending is expected to allow Joliet to add nearly 30 new full-time jobs across various departments and Joliet’s 2025 budget will include taxpayer subsidies to the Rialto Square Theatre of $475,000, another $275,000 to the Joliet Area Historical Museum, $500,000 to pay off the construction of the new Will County Courthouse, $50,000 toward the Will County Center for Economic Development, $36,800 to the Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce and $15,000 for Pace Route 511.
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According to the agenda for Tuesday’s City Council meeting, the city of Joliet currently has a 4-cent per gallon fuel tax. The agenda item calls for increasing the motor fuel to 5 cents per gallon of gasoline and to 11 cents per gallon of diesel fuel.
In addition, the City Council is being asked to award a contract of more than $1.44 million to the Al Warren Oil Company out of Chicago for the city of Joliet’s 2025 motor fuel purchases.
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The memo from city manager Beth Beatty notes that Joliet purchases approximately 350,000 gallons of unleaded gasoline and approximately 175,000 gallons of diesel annually. A request for bids for the purchase of fuel was publicly posted on the City’s website, and several local suppliers were advised directly of the opportunity, Beatty highlighted.
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