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County treasurer to pilot Pay It card system; tax sale set for May 7 and county prepares for penny‑rounding
Summary
Marion County Treasurer Tina reported the county will pilot Pay It for credit‑card payments (six $600 point‑of‑sale devices; customers pay a 2.49% processing fee), staff expect the service by June, and the treasurer set a tax sale for May 7 with 10 properties owing 2020 tax; she urged planning for penny/rounding policy as banks phase out pennies.
Marion County Treasurer Tina told commissioners on April 6 that her office plans to pilot a new credit‑card processing service, Pay It, with the goal of offering in‑person and online card payments by June.
Tina said there is no monthly cost to the county for the service; the only initial county expense is the point‑of‑sale hardware, which she said are "$600 a piece." She told the commission that transactions will incur a processing fee of 2.49%, which the treasurer said will be assessed to the customer, not the county. The treasurer said the office plans to pilot six devices to support tax, vehicle and other payment stations and will fund devices from Capital Outlay in coordination with the vehicle program; other county departments may opt in later.
The treasurer also confirmed a tax sale scheduled for May 7 at the Marion County Lake Hall: she said about 10 properties owing 2020 taxes are slated for sale, and the office is working on a concurrent sale for properties owing 2021 and earlier, which may involve petitions at district court and uncertain timelines for completing service and legal notices.
Tina raised another operational issue: banks are phasing out pennies, which will force counties to adopt rounding and billing adjustments for cash payments. She asked county counsel and county staff to work on policy options; commissioners agreed to involve legal and to discuss best practices at the Kansas Treasurers Association meeting in June.
Next steps: the treasurer’s office will pilot the Pay It devices, report back to the commission on deployment, continue preparing tax‑sale notices and coordinate with legal counsel on a county rounding policy for cash payments.
