The Springfield City Council has approved an ordinance limiting payments in coins to $20 and no more than $5 in pennies. The new law is an effort to stop the practice of paying debts with change.
A recent resident tried to pay a more than $100 tax bill with pennies. And many videos online show disgruntled citizens paying fines and fees with coins.
Springfield city treasurer Misty Buscher requested the new law, although she says that she's not against change. The law is intended to stop those seeking to cause a sensation to make a point.
The new ordinance's wording is flexible enough that if a stack of change is the only way a resident can pay, the city will accept it. Buscher says she wants "to stop stuff that's unnecessary."
