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Lawrence considers canned food for parking fines

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Lawrence is considering allowing people to pay parking tickets with canned goods or monetary donations to food pantries.
 
The Lawrence Journal-World reports that city commissioners are considering the issue Tuesday.
 
Currently, the fines cost $3. The city had projected bringing in $545,202 to the parking fund from overtime parking violations in 2016. Staff projects that the city would receive $30,000 less annually in parking fines, assuming about 6 percent of parking violators participated in the alternative payment option.
 
The money pays for three police officers and several other staff members.
 
Options the council will consider include a pilot program. Alternatively, the program could be offered year-round with fines staying the same or increasing to $5 to offset the revenue loss.
 
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Information from: Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World, http://www.ljworld.com