Government-imposed fees up, mainly to raise $ but also to keep places open for shoppers:
The changes are expected to bring in about $500,000 in additional revenue. The village receives about $3.3 million in revenue from parking fees, which will increase to about $3.8 million, said village spokesman David Powers.
Call that the main reason, to pay for public services. But as the woman employed by store-owners to relate to village hall et al., says, it’s
to increase the turnover of on-street parking rather than having cars parked in those convenient spots all day.
“It’s really a balance to make sure the rates are high enough to encourage people to use the parking garages,” she said.
Such as store employees, who can be seen at times running out to feed the meters to leave their cars in spaces that paying customers could use.
