Mattapoisett residents may be paying more for parking and landfill access come January 1.

Police Chief Mary Lyons and Town Treasurer Brenda Herbeck brought their ideas to Selectmen on Tuesday after meeting with other town officials to discuss streamlining the existing sticker system.

The biggest change proposed by the group is that residents would pay a flat $30 for parking and landfill access. Currently, the landfill fee is $25 and parking is $10, which includes access to the town’s beach, landing, and wharf.

Herbeck said the landfill enterprise agreed to reduce its fee, which is already subsidized by the town, by $5.

“It increases their revenue so they’re coming down on the price,” said Herbeck.

Selectmen expressed concern over forcing residents to pay for a service they might not normally use.

The Board of Health issues approximately 800 stickers a year for the landfill compared to 1,900 for parking stickers issued by the Town Collector.

“We’re forcing 1,000 people to pay an extra $20,” said Selectman Silva. “I’m not sure I’m prepared to force people to purchase something they don’t need. I would rather it was, if you buy them separately then you pay a little more.”

Selectman Tyler Macallister agreed.

“I don’t think doing one sticker is going to work out of the gate,” said Macallister.

Macallister suggested offering two tags. Herbeck said that offering multiple tags is problematic from an accounting standpoint.

“When you get into multiple tags, there are multiple numbers and how do you keep track of all that? We just want to keep it simple,” said Herbeck.

Silva suggested raising the parking permit to $15.

Lyons said the group also discussed increasing the age when senior citizens are eligible for free parking and shellfishing permits from age 65 to 70.

She said it was a revenue issue. “It’s something that’s going to affect a significant amount of our population,” Lyons said.

Lyons and Herbeck said fees for Rochester shellfishers and parking permits for summer renters were topics of discussion.

For summer renters or visitors, there is currently no way to obtain a parking permit. “This has always been an issue,” said Herbeck.

One possible solution is to create a guest pass that households could purchase.

Regardless of what changes are approved, Lyons and Herbeck would like to see the current stickers changed to tags that would hang from a car’s rearview mirror.

“We feel that eliminates any confusion of where it has to be on your car,” said Lyons.

Lyons said all of the group’s suggestions were open for discussion.

Town Administrator Mike Gagne added that the town’s website will have a space for residents to provide feedback before the next Selectmen meeting on December 11.