Champaign Social Work Development

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CHAMPAIGN PARKING ENFORCEMENT Introduction[1] THE CHAMPAIGN PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS THE HUB FOR NUMEROUS PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISIONS. THE PARKING PROGRAMS, A SPECIALIZED DIVISION OF THE CHAMPAIGN PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, MANAGES CITY-OWNED PARKING SPACES INCLUDING 1,900 PERMIT SPACES AND 2,014 METER SPACES THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN, EAST SIDE AND UNIVERSITY DISTRICT AREAS. The Champaign Parking Enforcement (Parking Enforcement), a division of Parking Programs enables the city’s parking system to function efficiently and ensures turnover of parking. The Parking Enforcement division is run by one supervisor, Shirl Johnson. Johnson oversees ten employees: two accounting clerks, five parking enforcement officers, one meter maintenance worker and one grounds maintenance worker. A sixth parking enforcement officer, higher in rank than the others, acts as an assistant to Johnson. See Exhibit 1 for an organizational hierarchy map of Parking Enforcement. Parking Enforcement PARKING ENFORCEMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCEMENT, COLLECTION, PERMIT PARKING AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PARKING SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH THE ALLOCATION OF REVENUES GENERATED FROM PARKING TICKETS AND METERS. Parking meters help to regulate the…show more content…
THE ACCOUNTING CLERKS HAVE MANY DUTIES TO BALANCE: KEEPING TRACK OF DOWNLOADS, MANUALLY UPDATING VIOLATOR INFORMATION, MAILING NOTIFICATIONS, COLLECTING PAYMENTS AND KEEPING BOOKS FOR THE DIVISION. THE CENTRAL COMPUTER KEEPS TRACK OF HOW MANY TICKETS ARE OUTSTANDING; HOWEVER, THE CLERK RUNS THE MAIN SYSTEM AND WRITES LETTERS TO VIOLATORS WITH OUTSTANDING TICKETS. WHEN A VIOLATOR LEAVES A TICKET UNPAID, THE CLERK SENDS A LETTER TO THE ADDRESS OF THE REGISTERED CAR OWNER. THE CLERK INFORMS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PLACE A BOOT ON THE MOTORIST’S CAR IF A CERTAIN NUMBER OF TICKETS HAS GONE

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