The East Grand Forks City Council has approved the continuation of the East Grand Forks Police Department’s (EGFPD) program that allows the department to collect food (or cash) donations for the East Grand Forks Food Shelf in place of monetary fines for certain parking violations through December 2020.
The program allows people who receive calendar parking or snow emergency parking tickets to “pay” their fine with a donation of five non-perishable food items which are then given to the food shelf. People who receive a parking ticket for one of these violations may also pay their fine and designate that the fine is donated to the food shelf. Residents who do not get a parking ticket are also encouraged to make donations to the food shelf. These donations may be dropped off at any time at the EGFPD at 520 Demers Avenue.
