Alexandra Pie Cart patrons might find Barry Manilow songs too hard to stomach after a night out drinking, the Vincent Community Board heard yesterday.
Central Otago sub-area police commander Senior Sergeant Jill Woods talked to the board about the liquor ban in the town and said although the pie cart was well run, it still acted as a magnet for hotel patrons after the licensed premises had closed for the evening.
She wondered if there was some way of deterring people from congregating there - "have you thought of playing music to desist people from gathering?" Board member Martin McPherson suggested Manilow's songs would do the trick.
Snr Sgt Woods said better security cameras were needed on the Central Stories building next to the pie cart as the quality of the recordings from the current ones was not good.
"That area is where our problems tend to be at the weekend," she said.
Some thought could also be given to extending the hours of the liquor ban to include days as well as evenings.
There had been complaints from Central Stories staff about people drinking in Pioneer Park during the day.
At night from Thursday to Sunday, drinking in the park was banned.
Although there were no complaints about the behaviour of the people drinking in the park during the day, their actions were "off-putting" to other users of the park, especially to those visiting the Saturday markets, Snr Sgt Woods said.
