Mount Kisco's Village Board of Trustees voted this week to approve the creation of a policy to purge old outstanding parking tickets, a move that was made in response to a state audit requesting that one be added.
The plan calls for purging tickets that are more than five years old that belong to a vehicle registered in any state, although there is an exception for scofflaw vehicles. However, the plan will allows scofflaw vehicles to qualify if their license plates have no activity for five years after vehicle registration expirations.
There is an exception that would allow for purges two years after tickets are issued, which would take effect in cases where Mount Kisco fails to get names and addresses after three attempts are made with the state Department of Motor Vehicles to get the information, when follow ups after issuing tickets are not made to get names and addresses, and cases in which the post office returns tickets determined to not be deliverable.
The trustees also voted to add to standard operating procedure to support due diligence from the court clerks to make sure that license plate numbers correspond with vehicles after Mayor Michael Cindrich made a suggestion, which was before the Monday night vote, to have a change in addition to the policy.
The plan was enacted after the audit was released. The audit also found that Mount Kisco had about $1.17 million worth of outstanding parking tickets. The study looked at information for the 2011-12 fiscal year.
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