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Parking Services goes beyond permits and parking tickets
Holly Meyer
Issue date: 8/17/07 Section: News
Vanzo said Parking Services has issued 28,521 parking tickets in the past academic school year. He said they use to issue more than 30,000 tickets in past years, but with the newly implemented escalating fine system the number of tickets has decreased.
Repeat offenders are targeted with the escalating fine system.
"The first one serves as a warning," Vanzo said.
The first parking ticket is $10. With each violation after the first ticket, the price of the ticket increases by $10. A person's seventh ticket would cost $70.
The ticket holder has 10 working days to pay the ticket or the price will increase by $5.
Most people only come in contact with Parking Services when they have a ticket or buy a permit, but Parking Services does much more.
The employees make sure the over 9,000 parking spaces available to the university community are in good condition.
"Parking Services provides as convenient and safe of parking as possible," Vanzo said.
Parking Services and the SIUE police have teamed together to provide the motorist assistance program for the university community.
"The Motorist Assistance Program provides complimentary services to students and staff," Vanzo said. "That means no charge."
On 1,348 occasions in the past year, university motorists have used the MAP services: jump starts, escorts, flat tires, fuel, lockouts and de-icing. De-icing is one of the most popular services offered by the program, according to Vanzo.
The number of motorists assisted is not completely accurate since Parking Services employees do not always record every car they offer de-icing services to during the winter months. This is because, for instance, they may receive one call but help multiple people in the parking lot, according to Vanzo.
The number for the MAP is located on the back of all parking permits.
Repeat offenders are targeted with the escalating fine system.
"The first one serves as a warning," Vanzo said.
The first parking ticket is $10. With each violation after the first ticket, the price of the ticket increases by $10. A person's seventh ticket would cost $70.
The ticket holder has 10 working days to pay the ticket or the price will increase by $5.
Most people only come in contact with Parking Services when they have a ticket or buy a permit, but Parking Services does much more.
The employees make sure the over 9,000 parking spaces available to the university community are in good condition.
"Parking Services provides as convenient and safe of parking as possible," Vanzo said.
Parking Services and the SIUE police have teamed together to provide the motorist assistance program for the university community.
"The Motorist Assistance Program provides complimentary services to students and staff," Vanzo said. "That means no charge."
On 1,348 occasions in the past year, university motorists have used the MAP services: jump starts, escorts, flat tires, fuel, lockouts and de-icing. De-icing is one of the most popular services offered by the program, according to Vanzo.
The number of motorists assisted is not completely accurate since Parking Services employees do not always record every car they offer de-icing services to during the winter months. This is because, for instance, they may receive one call but help multiple people in the parking lot, according to Vanzo.
The number for the MAP is located on the back of all parking permits.
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