Service charges for tax payments to the city made using credit, debit cards or electronic fund transfers could be eliminated in Chesapeake under a proposed city ordinance.
Under the current city code, the service charge added to tax payments is paid by the consumer. The ordinance would temporarily eliminate the charges, with the city absorbing the cost instead.
While it’s unclear how much the ordinance would cost the city or how it would be balanced out in the budget, Chesapeake Treasurer Corrie Kring said it would benefit the city to have more taxpayers able to pay local tax bills by the due date…