Hollister looking to hire new attendant to issue citations
Hollister looking to hire new attendant to issue citations
Downtown Hollister has been without a parking enforcement officer for the past few weeks, as the former community services officer on the job left for another post, said Capt. David Westrick of the Hollister Police Department.
Downtown parking enforcement resumed in 2009 after a six-year hiatus. The city then put the enforcement – which had generated about 100 tickets per month – on hold in August 2010 after the second of two temporary parking attendants fulfilled their commitments. In February of last year, the city announced it hired the latest attendant, a community service officer, for downtown parking enforcement and began issuing warning tickets for overtime parking before fully re-implementing the program.
The police department now has candidates going through background checks, and it hopes to have the position filled in about three weeks, Westrick said. The city is actually hiring a second CSO as well – using a $16,600 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant – to help out in the records division working on statistical analysis and alarm data. The CSO roles are non-sworn and carry no benefits, Westrick noted.
The goal of the parking enforcement job, meanwhile, is to have it more than pay for itself through citations. The fine for the most common violation, overtime parking, is $38.
