This is an excerpt from a larger article appearing in Friday’s Butler Eagle. Subscribe online or in print to read the full article.Butler City Council plans to invite a representative from Pango, the operator of a mobile phone app that pays for parking, to present a plan to expand its service in the city as a possible way to raise money to repair parking garages and lots.Council discussed numerous ways to raise the estimated $2 million needed to upgrade parking facilities during a special meeting Thursday morning.A report detailing the work needed is being reviewed by city engineer Joe Gray. Council members said he is preparing a list prioritizing the most critical projects.In addition to asking parking manager Jim Chiprean to invite Pango to another meeting, which hasn’t been scheduled, council members discussed charging to park on Main Street, raising parking rates, borrowing money to pay for the work, replacing parking meters with payment kiosks, offering long-term parking permits and selling one of the garages.

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