Weatherly Borough Council reaffirmed the current online payment options and fees for credit cards on Monday.

Mayor/Council President Michael Bellizia explained there are no fees for people paying by check or with a credit card in person.

But for paying by credit card online or calling in a credit card payment, there is a 3% fee or a $3 charge, whichever is greater, he said.

“The 3% fee is charged by the service company that’s doing the online payments,” Bellizia said. “We don’t net that money. That’s just the cost of it.”

Resident Robert MacLachlan said that it’s great to allow online payments, but there should be a cap on them. He pointed out that if your electric bill is $1,000 a month, the online fee would $30, calling it ridiculous.

Bellizia said that the borough has people who are housebound and can’t get to the borough building who wanted the option. People do have options to avoid fess, he said.

Police

Police Chief Mike Bogart was asked to give an update on police coverage, and if the borough had 24/7 coverage.

The borough isn’t there yet but is very close to 24/7 coverage again by adding several part-time officers.

“As of Thursday, there are very few shifts that are not going to be covered for the rest of the year,” Bogart said. “We’re in really good shape with the three part-time hires that we have.”

MacLachlan asked if they would be moving any part-timers to full-time status. Bellizia said as the borough is able to, it will.

Other business

In other business, the borough discussed the situation with Wilbur Street access raised by a resident last month. Eve Scott did get a survey of the property, which she said shows an alleyway, but solicitor James Nanovic said the survey doesn’t show Wilbur Street extending to her property.

Nanovic said that if there was a legally recorded easement, it should have appeared on the survey.

Another resident, Donna Knepper, said the rooster issue continues, and there are new roosters in town, too. Roosters are not allowed in the borough by ordinance.

She also raised complaints about a West Main Street property that she calls blighted, and the borough’s inaction.

That West Main Street property owner has since threatened to sue her if she continues to complain, and if that happens, she will sue the borough, Knepper said.