RUSK —
RUSK — Notices have been sent out, but Rusk officials said there are few residents using a new service offered by the city.
City Secretary Fran Wendeborn said the city began allowing citizens to pay for utility bills with Visa or Master Cards around July 4, and after the first month of service, few residents have taken advantage.
The service allows for credit and debit cards to be used, but carries a 3 percent fee for the utility bills and a 5 percent fee to pay to for court fines and citations.
“There have been a few people that have used it, but for the most part (not very many),” Wendeborn said. “If I have a debit card but have to pay a fee, I'm not going to use it.”
She said the average water bill is $65, without optional ambulance service. At three percent, a resident would pay $1.95 for the convenience of not writing a check or paying cash.
City Council member Don Woodard said more cities are offering the service.
“I wasn't too keen on it at first because so may people are so far in debt, it's unreal,” he said. “And would the city stand to lose some money if they defaulted on their credit card. But it's another attempt to make it convenient to the citizens and we will have to monitor it and see how it goes.”
Woodard said as times goes on more may use the service.
“I think as they get more used to it, they may use it more and I'm sure there are lot of them that are just now realizing they can do that.”
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