Friday, December 10, 2010

Graffiti fines to be lowered

Kenora City council is considering some changes to the new Graffitti By-Law.

Currently, the set fine for defacing public or private property is a thousand dollars.

Parks Supervisor, Barb Manson says since most of the people they catch  are youth, its hard for them to come up with the thousand dollar fine.

She says the fine has been lowered to 200 dollars.

Manson adds that the city can only recommend the fine amount because its ultimately up to a judge to determine how much a young offender will have to cough up.