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Lodi council votes to pass credit-card convenience fees to customers after hearing $1.2M annual cost
Summary
The council approved a policy to pass full credit-card convenience fees to customers after staff reported the city paid about $1.2 million in those fees across departments over the past 12 months; council asked staff to develop implementation steps and customer-notice timing.
The Lodi City Council on April 15 voted to adopt full cost recovery for credit‑card convenience fees after hearing that the city incurred about $1.2 million in convenience fees across departments in the last 12 months.
Revenue Manager Tara Sumner presented the analysis, showing convenience‑fee expenses stem from online utility payments, front-counter transactions and parks/program registrations; online credit-card payments represented 67% of online transactions. “At this point we are spending $1.2 million…
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