Borough nearing approval on senior tax exemption fee, marine passenger fee

The Borough assembly at a meeting on Monday heard public comment on an ordinance that would impose a fee on senior sales tax exemption card applicants, after which the council approved it in its second reading. And the marine passenger fee has a new name.

John Havrilek was the first to offer support for charging $100 annually to those who apply for a senior sales tax exemption card.

Havrilek would prefer the charge be higher, and the whole sales exemption program be phased out. The fee, as

proposed, is to cover the cost of processing, issuing and

monitoring of the senior exemption cards, accor...