Parking Meter Removal and Digital Parking
Summary
The city plans to retire coin parking meters and move to a fully digital payment and enforcement platform under a three-year, $24,255 contract with Passport Labs, referred to Finance and Personnel.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 5
- Last 30 days
- 0
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 8, 2026.
Impact analysis
$24,255 to implement plus $12,000 a year in licensing.
Drivers and enforcement staff get modern, app-based parking payment.
The city budget could lose meter revenue if removal proceeds.
Mentions & discussions (5)
Public Works and Services Committee — September 8, 2026
The city is looking at upgrading its parking meters to an all-digital system through Passport Labs. The Commissioner of Public Works gave a brief presentation on how the operational contract would work.
Common Council — August 5, 2026
Alder Weidner's proposal to explore removing parking meters and installing signage and kiosks was referred to the Public Works and Services Committee for discussion.
Common Council — July 21, 2026
The council sent a $24,255 contract with Passport Labs back to committee after downtown business owners raised concerns about elderly residents, kiosk access, and whether metered parking should exist at all. Meter revenue of about $450,000 a year funds parking infrastructure.
Finance and Personnel Committee — July 13, 2026
The city is replacing old coin-operated parking meters with a fully digital platform run by Passport Labs, Inc. under a 3-year contract. For drivers, that means app and card payments instead of quarters; for the city, it modernizes enforcement. The Common Council referred the item back to committee on July 21, so it isn't final yet.
Common Council — July 7, 2026
The city plans to retire coin parking meters and move to a fully digital payment and enforcement platform under a three-year, $24,255 contract with Passport Labs, referred to Finance and Personnel.
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