Butler City Council is once again considering raising parking permit fees by $5 per month.

At a special meeting Monday, Councilman Michael Walter, the director of accounts and finance, recommended the increase to help pay for repairs and upgrades at parking garages and lots.

The increase, which would not impact parking meter rates, would generate an additional $40,000 in revenue for the parking fund, said James Chiprean, parking manager.

Council members and city officials said ramps have to be installed in the sidewalk around the tier garage to make it compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Other repairs are needed in the garage. Ramps and repairs are also needed at some of the lots, officials said.

“There are a number of repairs that need to be done,” Walter said.

Chiprean said technology upgrades are also being planned.

He said the Pango system, which allows people to use iPhones to pay for parking and is in use at the tier garage, could be installed at the McKean Street garage and lots.

The current permit fees are $60 for the McKean Street, tier and Centre City garages and the North Main Street, City Building and Diamond Street lots, $45 for street parking spaces with meters, $40 for the lot behind the City Building and the Coventry lot and $25 for Farmer’s Market, Center Avenue and Quarry Street lots.

Those garages and lots make up a large part of the 1,941 total parking spaces in the city.

Council discussed raising the permit fees by $5 this year while preparing the budget, but the increase was never formally proposed or acted on.

The last permit fee increase was by $10 in 2014. Before that the fee went up by $10 in 1999.

The current fees are expected to generate $905,000 in revenue this year, Chiprean said.

He said the city has issued 600 permits and hopes to sell about 100 more next year when NexTier Bank relocates its offices to the Morgan Center on East Diamond Street.

Permits for some garages and lots are sold out, but they occasionally become available when people don’t renew them, Chiprean said.

He said permits are available in the tier and Centre City garages and for some lots and streets.

In other business, council approved the first reading of an ordinance to borrow $1.85 million from the Butler County Infrastructure Bank.

The city is seeking the money for the Sullivan Run flood control project and upgrading streetlights on Main Street.

Anthony Ditka, of Dinsmore & Shohl of Pittsburgh, the county’s bond counsel, told council that the county has agreed to borrow money for the infrastructure bank but hasn’t yet selected a bank.

He said the county’s interest rate will be about 3.5 percent, but the city’s interest rate will be about 2 percent.

Once the infrastructure bank is established, the city will be able to withdraw money as it is needed, but doesn’t have to use the entire $1.85 million.

“At no point will you be on the hook for more than a nickel than you need,” Ditka said.