ZELIENOPLE — The success of the parking kiosk lot at the intersection of North Main Street and East Grandview Avenue has made way for a second kiosk in the borough.

Borough council discussed future parking options Monday evening, including eliminating the need for traditional meters altogether.

“If we can get the second kiosk by the end of the year, that will be a big step,” borough Police Chief Jim Miller said.

A possible spot for the second kiosk is the future parking lot on Spring Street to be built as part of the borough’s Revitalization Project.

Miller said the second kiosk can be built by the end of the year if the borough has the money for it.

The kiosk meters allow for less work by meter attendants and no tickets will have to be printed and placed on the vehicle’s dashboard.

The kiosk between Main and Grandview was installed in June and generated more than 1,200 users in its first month of service. The price for a parking spot is 50 cents per hour. Users type their parking spot into the kiosk and enter money. From there, they can simply walk away for the allotted time.

The kiosk accepts coins, debit and credit cards. No paper currency is accepted.

“For four dollars you can park all day. Our parking tickets are five dollars,” Miller said.

The time for paid parking in the borough is from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays. No parking will be allowed from 3 a.m. to 5 a.m. on any street or borough lot. However apartment tenants or people staying in hotels will have passes to park in those spots.

“We want to try to promote people here after hours,” Miller said.

Miller said the police department plans on linking the kiosks to a cell phone for monitoring.

“You can pull up the kiosk on the cell phone and it will tell you which meters aren’t paid for,” he said.

The potential overall goal is to eliminate traditional pole meters across town and replace them with kiosks. The borough has 166 pole meters.

“I can’t see any value of having the poles there,” council President Allen Bayer said. “I would just hate to see a mixed bag. It would create a lot of confusion.”

Miller said he has heard fewer complaints from residents about difficulties using the kiosk.

“It’s commanding attention,” he said.

No action was taken at the meeting.