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Town staff report credit-card fees at transfer station and high permit counts; board told town may be subsidizing small transactions
Summary
A staff member told the board the town spent about $6,233 on credit-card fees last year and roughly $6,250 this year, with resident and nonresident permit counts around 1,004 and 400 respectively, prompting questions about subsidizing fees for small transactions.
A staff member reported that the town paid roughly $6,233 in credit-card fees last year and about $6,250 this year, and added that an additional $1,381 was spent in January and February. "Last year, the town spent $6,233 paying for credit card fees. This year $6,250," the staff member said.
The staff member and board discussed that many transactions are small and that the town does not retain those fees; one board member said the town appears to be subsidizing the fee costs for small transactions. The staff member reported outstanding counts of about 1,004 resident permits and almost 400 nonresident permits for the transfer station, and said staff will include detailed figures in the monthly clerk's report for the board's review.
Board members asked for clearer accounting and options to reduce the town's costs for processing small transactions.
