Residents will soon have a less-expensive way of making payments to Butler County for property taxes, licenses and possibly more.

County commissioners on Wednesday approved a contract with a new online payment vendor, which will offer significantly lower convenience fees for electronic checks and debit and credit cards.

Diane Marburger, the county treasurer, told commissioners that making payments through the new vendor, Municipal Services Bureau, will offer residents a lower cost.

MSB will likely begin serving as the county’s online payment vendor in late July or August, Marburger said.

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