Civil Municipal Magazine - Nov 2023

88 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 “We also have sales tax rebates, no utility tax for our businesses, and the lowest property tax rate in Will County. We have a grant program for downtown businesses for façade and sign improvements, and we have supportive partnerships with the Will County Center for Economic Development, as well as our Mokena Chamber of Commerce.” “Another area where the Village has been very proactive is our utilities,” Tomasoski adds. “We’ve had Lake Michigan water here since 2002; a lot of our neighboring communities are now starting to work together to try to get to that. Regarding our wastewater treatment plant -- we did a significant upgrade that was completed earlier this year at $11.2 million and we paid for that all with funding set aside.” He continues, “The value of that for our residents, our customers and our businesses is that our water and sewer is in a very strong position from a quality service perspective, now. The Village did a lot of the heavy lifting throughout