After receiving an unexpected request to "bag" 32 parking meters for a Saturday wedding, Town Clerk North requested guidance from the Town Council on: (1) how many free spaces it wished to allow someone to "reserve" for weddings and funerals; (2) for what, if any, other purposes the town would allow an individual to rent metered parking spaces for an entire day; and, (3) whether it wished to limit the number of parking spaces an individual could rent at any given time.

In the past no more than nine metered spaces could be "reserved" in this way, at a cost of $10 per "bagged" meter. Spaces rented in this way, for a 3:00 PM event, must have their parking meters "bagged" at 6:00 a.m., thus denying the spaces to the public for most of the day on one of the busiest shopping days of the week.

Council requested that North draw up a resolution that would offer free parking spaces only for funerals (five spaces) and community service events (up to two spaces) as approved by the Town Administrator.

As for weddings, building maintenance, deliveries, moving and other special events Council recommended that individuals be allowed to rent a maximum of two parking spaces at any given time and that the fee for renting a parking space be increased to $25/day.