October 26,2017
the staff of The Ridgewood Blog
Ridgewood NJ, Proving once again the old adage that there’s no such thing as a free lunch, Village CFO Robert G. Rooney just revealed that revenue reports from the Village’s Parking Utility indicate usage of the Parkmobile app within Ridgewood resulted in approximately $200k in the form of an annual commission being paid to Parkmobile, Inc.
That $200k could have been retained by Village if cash had been used in parking meters instead of parking fees having been paid by app/phone.
Parkmobile was introduced for use in Ridgewood during May of 2015. It was touted by then Village Manager, Roberta Sonenfeld as offering an alternative method of providing payment for parking.
