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Pasco moves to allow online permit payments; council to decide utility fee policy later
Summary
Deputy City Manager Sigdel told the council that the city will roll out online payments for permits in coming weeks and the council gave staff direction to change code to permit online permit payments, while deferring a decision on utility online-fee policy until autumn. Council favored absorbing ACH fees and passing credit-card fees to users.
Deputy City Manager Sigdel briefed the City of Pasco City Council on June 23 on payment transaction fees and plans to enable online payments for permit fees within weeks. Sigdel said the city currently spends about $530,000 annually on payment-processing fees (primarily for utilities), and that adding permit transactions would increase that amount.
Sigdel described common municipal approaches: absorb all fees, set transaction…
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