Overnight parking allowed, for now

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Council decided to try out all-night parking on city streets in the summer.

The cost is nominal, operations director Derek McCaughan said. But it will cost roughly $126,000 in lost revenue from parking tickets.

Councillor Christine Billings was unhappy about the cost. "If I wanted to spend $126,000, I would do it on yard waste cleanup," she said. "We're taking more money out of (the parking budget) yet we want to be building parkades -- not one, but two."

There was some discussion about how staff would be reallocated once parking bylaw officers aren't needed at night.

"2 a.m. to 6 a.m. is an idea time to enforce what I hope will be a very strong body rub parlour bylaw," Councillor Maggie Laidlaw quipped.

It's a pilot proejct running from May 1 to Nov. 1.