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Payment research · dataset 2026.08

Payment options for Sarasota County Public Utilities

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Provider-published destination

Official online route identified

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Provider-specific findings

Payment research for this provider

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Payment platform
Paymentus functionality is identified in the County's portal transition materials; the current customer-facing CSS portal is hosted at css.scgovutility.com.
Phone payment number
(941) 861-6790. The County's welcome packet identifies this number for utility questions and 24-hour utility emergencies; the current bill-pay pages also direct customers to this number for portal and payment assistance.
Pay-by-text
The County's current portal supports email or text reminders for due dates, confirmations, and account notifications, but the official payment pages do not publish a separate text-to-pay keyword, enrollment short code, or text-only payment workflow. Customers should use the CSS portal or call Utility Customer Service rather than infer that a reminder subscription is a text-payment enrollment.
Mail-in payment address
Sarasota County Public Utility (S.C.P.U.), P.O. Box 31320, Tampa, FL 33631-3320. The County asks customers to allow five days for mailed payments. General correspondence goes to Sarasota County Public Utility Customer Service Office, P.O. Box 2553, Sarasota, FL 34230-2553.
In-person payment
The Sarasota cashier office is at 1001 Sarasota Center Boulevard, Sarasota, FL 34240. Cashier hours are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday 7:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m., and Thursday 7:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.; the cashier window closes daily from 1:00–2:00 p.m. The Venice location is 4000 S. Tamiami Trail, Room 2070, Venice, FL 34293, with the same weekday schedule and an approximately 12:30–1:30 p.m. cashier closure. The County lists in-person payment by check, money order, and credit/debit card; its drop boxes at both locations are checks only and are available 24 hours. Offices are closed weekends and most major holidays.
Digital payment methods
Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express, and bank-issued debit cards are accepted for residential accounts. The CSS portal also supports bank-draft eCheck/ACH and scheduled AutoPay; ACH/eCheck has no transaction fee under the current payment notice. Customers may use one-time payments without creating a portal account.
Online convenience fees
$2.95 flat fee per credit or debit card transaction. The County states that the fee applies to online, phone, in-office, and credit/debit AutoPay or recurring transactions. Online ACH/eCheck, mailed checks, drop-box checks, and in-person non-card payment options avoid this fee.

Directory comparison

Payment-information visibility

MeasureThis providerFloridaNational index
Usable payment URL identifiedYes74%73%
Fee or no-fee amount disclosedYes18%15%
Payment fields documented8 of 8——

This comparison measures directory documentation, not payment quality, cost, or provider performance.

Research record

Broad public detail found

8 of 8 fields in this section contain provider-specific public detail in dataset August 1, 2026.

Documented

100%

Primary verification routes

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