APRIL 30, 2015, 8:41 PM LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2015, 8:47 PM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
RIDGEWOOD —Starting next week, village officials keen on averting potential parking revenue theft after a former employee stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in meter quarters will begin urging motorists who park in municipal lots to begin using their smartphones to pay for spaces.
Next week marks the official launching of Ridgewood’s recent partnership with Parkmobile, the Atlanta-based company behind the popular parking app that links directly to a credit card, debit card or PayPal account.
Mayor Paul Aronsohn called next week’s rollout of the app a “soft launch,” adding that only the meters in Ridgewood’s parking lots would be affixed with Parkmobile stickers.
In most instances, users are asked to input information from each meter’s sticker as well as their car’s license plate number.
Plate readers — like the two the village already owns — will be used for enforcement.
Additionally, Parkmobile operates a toll-free number motorists can call to pay for parking.
In two weeks, village officials will actively promote the app’s availability in the town’s lots, Aronsohn said.
Had a previous Village Council, of which current Mayor Paul Aronsohn was a member, and Village Manager listened to warnings given by a local resident in 2011, the money would have never been stolen in the first place.
Park mobile…how FRICKIN stupid can u be?
That “local resident” should run for Council.
It’s not the quarters’ fault. Don’t blame them.
Does that “local resident” have any more dirt on who else was involved? Still can’t believe that Tommy Boy was smart enough to have figured that out all by himself and gotten away with it for so long. Besides, we know that over $850,000 was actually stolen but Rica is only supposed to pay back less than the $460,000 he’s admitted to. What happened to the rest of it ?
yeah , we know some one else new, what about one of his work pall’s .he had to know something or seen what was going on. the word on the street is that the one’s who keep it zip will be taken care of. some see it what is going down. the top managers think we don’t see it.
but we do.
Yeah it’s not the fault of the quarters. It’s because the stupid mayor and council and manager can’t manage to manage the meters.
So we have to pay more to park here. Not me , there is nothing except food in super markets,with free parkin lots that I need to shop here for.
I can use the big complete malls with great sales and free parkin. Then where will the great CBD be.
I assume we can still use quarters? I, for one, do not have a smart phone. And will this remove the few handicapped parking slots in town?