Bellevue Council may choose not to make any changes to its transient vendor ordinance, which means vendors at some events could be paying a fee this year.

Some vendors objected to paying a $50 fee to sell items at Bellevue events, but tax-paying business owners also objected to the vendors getting a "free ride."

Council member David Gillingham Jr. said at the council work session on Tuesday that he had researched what other municipalities charge transient vendors. The fees elsewhere are much higher than Bellevue's $50 per event charge, he said.

Gillingham interpreted an "event" as being all farmers markets held during a season, or all three days of the Summer Solstice Celebration.

Fees cited by Gillingham ranged from a $20 per day and up-front charge in West View to $200 charged by Millvale for outside vendors.

Farmers and nonprofit organizations would not pay any fee in Bellevue, Gillingham said.