Lansford borough council will again be reviewing its fee schedule.

Councilwoman Jennifer Staines has been working on an update, but council members haven’t agreed on the fee increases.

“We have a lot of bumps along the road,” she said at Tuesday night’s committee meetings, hoping to get movement on fees for handicapped parking permits, possibly going to a higher fee.

Summit Hill’s fee is $350, Staines said, but added that she didn’t think Lansford’s needed to be that high.

She also mentioned fees for parking oversized vehicles, which she had been discussing with Councilwoman Michele Bartek.

Council began regulating oversized vehicles in the borough last summer. The annual fee was set at $100, which works out to $8.33 a month, Staines said.

“We looked at increases,” she said. “$150 would be $12.50 a month. $200 would be $16.66 a month, and $250 would be $20.83 a month.”

Council Vice President Jay Doyle wanted to know why they were talking about increasing a fee they just set.

Bartek, who was not on council when the ordinance passed and fee was set, didn’t think the fee was high enough.

Doyle, who is a contractor with oversized vehicles subject to the fees, thought it was unnecessary. Bartek said she was looking at 18-wheel vehicles, or tractor-trailers.

“That needs to be specified in the ordinance, because I’m not going to sit here and have to pay your permit for something I only need there for four hours,” Doyle said. “That’s just nonsense.”

Doyle, who was among the first ticketed under the ordinance, said he’d rather pay the $75 ticket for a violation, rather than the permit fee, and then leave the trailer parked there.

Bartek said she was just looking at large trucks parking in the designated parking areas, such as the pool parking lot and the Dock Street lot.

Doyle said that’s not specified under the ordinance, and Bartek said the ordinance has to be amended. The increased fee could generate more revenue for the town, she said.

Resident Tom Vadyak pointed out the trucking companies aren’t going to pay these fees — the person living in town must pay to park.

“You’re just going to take more money out of his pocket that he can’t spend going to the store or going for something to eat,” he said.

Councilman Joseph Butrie said that council also hasn’t acted on renting parking spaces along the north side of Snyder Avenue, which he has mentioned previously. A resident had asked about paying to park there, he said.

The fee shouldn’t be any more than an annual parking permit at a metered space for a business, Butrie said.

Bartek asked if they could have a meeting to work on the parking ordinance for oversized vehicles, and the matter was referred to the ordinance committee. Staines said they would take it under advisement.

Staines also said that she would be sending out a proposed fee schedule to council members, and would like them to decide on the handicapped parking permit fees.