Village Council: Do We Need Parking Meters?

Ridgewood officials will be discussing whether they should purchase old-technology meters to replace broken machines or even whether they're worth having at all.

A larger discussion on the capital budget prompted the council to wonder are parking meters needed, and if so, should we go low-cost and utilize old meter technology or spend more on more convenient, modernized meters? The overall capital request for the parking utility came in at around $382,000, mostly in the form of repaving or reconstructing lots, Village Manager Ken Gabbert told the council Wednesday night. He sliced all but $32,000, all but money set aside to replace the parking meters. Mechanisms break, Gabbert said. "If we were not to keep up with parking meters – they get damaged al the time – we'd have more that don't work. That would affect revenue greatly." Pressed by Mayor Paul Aronsohn, the manager said a study a few years …

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