| A long tradition of feeding parking meters in Grantsville has ended.
Monday, about 100 meters were removed from their posts in the town, according to Mayor Curt Garretson, ending a 50 year history of pay to park, the town struggling to maintain the meters in recent years.
The poles will be removed in a few days.
"Many of the meters didn't work, and it was expensive to get them repaired," said Garretson. "Then we had a problem hiring someone to issue tickets, with one police officer."
"Buying new meters is a costly deal," he said.
Garretson said Calhoun Banks made a decision they did not want the town property, commonly known as "the pit," indicating the bank will likely develop their old Grantsville Grade School property on High Street.
A trade proposal for the town property with Steve Satterfield is still on the table, said the mayor.
Satterfield is offering the Department of Health and Human Services on Main Street. DHHS will be moving to a new facility at the industrial park.
The mayor said council members will be touring the Satterfield property, indicating that other options are still on the table, including auctioning the property.
Town council gave the mayor authority to hire a full-time policeman in addition to the police chief, or two part-time officers.
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