Penny drops on true cost of parking dispute By Martin Boulton August 5, 2005 - 12:53PM The AGE
Melbourne City Council's last quarterly report for 2004-05 shows parking fines dropped in June when officers imposed bans over a rostering dispute.
Municipal Employees Union branch secretary Daryl Cochrane told The Age that the work bans ran for a week to 10 days, but said the matter was now close to being resolved.
"Its been an ongoing problem . . . there was a bit of free parking going on for a while in the city (and) that certainly would have effected the council's revenue," Mr Cochrane said.
Cr Brian Shanahan said there could be a "significant" impact on the council's budget if the downturn in parking fines continued. "Obviously we're hoping the (industrial relations) problem can be overcome," he said.