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Oakland County to shift government-to-government payment model to 3.5% fee, end external revenue sharing
Summary
The Finance Committee voted to move the county’s government-to-government (G2G) payment service from a tiered per-transaction fee to a flat 3.5% fee, and to stop sharing a portion of processing fees with external agencies; staff said the change is intended to eliminate a growing program deficit.
Oakland County’s Finance Committee voted to change the county’s government-to-government electronic payment contract, replacing a two‑decades‑old tiered per-transaction fee schedule with a flat 3.5% processing fee and ending the practice of sharing collected fees with external agencies.
The change affects county departments, 55 local municipalities (cities, villages and townships) and roughly 83 external agencies that use the county’s electronic payment service. Kim Marango, director of application and client services, said the program has been operating at a deficit because of rising transaction volume and vendor costs: “In 2023, the deficit was $450,000. In 2024, the deficit was $540,000,” she told the committee.
Why it matters: Under the existing arrangement, the county…
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