It may soon be as easy as going

online to take care of a speeding ticket given in Peachtree City.

The company that provides the

city with its court system software has developed a program that allows

for online payment of most citations, according to city staff.

City Council will be asked

to consider the online payment system during its regular monthly meeting

Thursday.

The convenience would come

fairly cheap too, at just $3 per ticket, as proposed by the city.

Courtware Systems, Inc., will

charge a technology fee that averages to about $1.75 per citation. An

additional fee of about 3 percent of each fine would cover the cost to

the city for maintaining a "merchant account" for credit charges.

"If significantly more

citations are paid online, it may be necessary to increase the fee at

a later date," wrote City Clerk Jane Miller in a memo to the mayor

and council.

Miller estimates that as many

as 25 percent of all traffic tickets given in the city will be paid online.

Additionally, the city is considering installing a kiosk in the lobby

of City Hall so traffic citations can be paid by credit card after court

appearance.

In other business, the council

will consider the return of alcohol license fees when circumstances prevent

the license holder from fully utilizing the license.

The meeting is 7 p.m. Thursday

in council chambers at City Hall, 151 Willowbend Road.

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