The Committee on Finance conducts a hearing on the proposed parking meter rights transfer on June 25, 2026. [Livestream]

The firm seeking to purchase the rights to the city’s parking meters for the remainder of a 75-year lease attempted to butter up skeptical council members at a Thursday finance committee hearing, promising to be a better concessionaire than the current owners.

While the firm was grilled by some about its reported connections to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement methods, other alderpeople skeptical of the transfer directed more of their ire at the Department of Law and mayor’s office for their refusal to share key information with the City Council.