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Aldermen pass ordinance allowing 4% convenience fee for card payments
Summary
The board passed Bill No. 2026-32 on second reading to authorize a 4% convenience fee for credit and debit card payments; the ordinance passed unanimously and became Ordinance Number 14.368.
The Board took up Bill No. 2026-32, an ordinance to add a provision allowing the city to charge a four percent convenience fee for credit and debit card payments as an alternative payment method.
The ordinance was read twice by title only. On both first and second reading the roll-call vote recorded AYES from Tebow, Gramm, Lowell Phillips, Logan Phillips, Burks, Eden and Wheeler; Alderman Craig Nelson was absent. The bill passed by unanimous roll-call vote and was sent to the mayor for signature to become Ordinance Number 14.368.
The minutes do not specify an effective date beyond the mayoral signature; implementing procedures, merchant-fee pass-through logistics and any customer notice were not addressed at the meeting and would be matters for staff to develop before the fee goes into effect.
