By Tim SchmidtRecord Managing EditorMore utility customers are making payments with their credit or debit cards since the option became available earlier this year.Between June 1 and 24, 18 payments had been made with a credit card either in person, by phone or online, according to a report provided by City Administrator/Clerk Mary Lou Rainwater at the last board of aldermen meeting June 24.Only four credit card payments were made in May and just one in April.Court Money processes the payments at no cost to the city, officials said. A service fee is charged by the company to the credit or debit card user.Previously, the only way the city could accept a payment was by cash or check.Officials said some customers had requested the new payment option as a way to take care of delinquent accounts, specifically when the city was considering disconnecting water and sewer service.In other news• Mayor Murray Bruer plans to set up an informational meeting with other mayors in the area to discuss a ballot measure related to the use tax. Truesdale plans to have voters decide the proposal in April 2016.• The city is attempting to receive grant funding from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to cover engineering for two possible water line extension projects, according to Public Works Director Gilbert Nordwald. The grant, if awarded, would cover up to 45 percent of the engineering fees.• Complaints have been received about the parking on North Water Street and the city is working to purchase signs to be placed in the area.• A public meeting may be scheduled in the future for the owners and renters of properties in the Dieckmann Farms subdivision. Currently parking is allowed on both sides of the street and it makes it difficult for emergency vehicles and snowplows to travel down the streets.•The city will spend $200 per month, or $2,400 annually, for a service agreement with Daniel McCory to provide network support for the police department. The agreement was approved by a 4-0 vote.• A contract with Service and Supply Cooperative, Inc., of Bellflower, was unanimously approved. The city will purchase propane from the company for $1.45 per gallon for the coming year.• A contract between the city and Lewis-Bade, Inc., for engineering and surveying service for the North Water Street water line project was unanimously approved. The city will spend $10,140 for the engineering.Truesdale