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Civil enforcement sees spike as parking-meter enforcement resumes; purchasing office flags potential professional-services needs
Summary
After resuming parking-meter enforcement, the purchasing director and civil enforcement staff reported a large increase in parking violations and warned that professional-services costs for processing violations may rise; the committee discussed how parking-meter revenues and maintenance costs are allocated across multiple departments.
Civil enforcement and purchasing staff told the Finance Committee May 29 that reintroducing parking-meter enforcement has produced a sharp rise in violations and increased administrative workload and processing costs.
Purchasing Director Cormier and civil enforcement staff explained that enforcement resumed after years of limited meter activity and that processing contract costs are charged per processed violation. Cormier said the city is seeing "an incredible increase in the amount of violations issued" and…
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