A Carbonear town councillor is miffed that people who attended a fundraiser in memory of Quinn Butt had their vehicles ticketed during the event on June 5.

David Kennedy, who helped organize the fundraiser for the Carbonear volunteer fire department, said there was no reason for the town to ticket the vehicles parked alongside Valley Road.

"There was no need of it, really. There was no need — there wasn't a big crowd, there was no schools in session...it was on a Sunday," Kennedy said. "There was no big amount of traffic at that time to be handing out tickets," said Kennedy.

Kennedy said hundreds of people came out for the ball hockey tournament to support the fire department, which was the first to respond to a house fire in April and pulled out the body of the five-year-old girl.

The event raised about $2,600 for the fire department, but Kennedy said multiple people were ticketed when they pulled off the road to park near Carbonear Academy — unbeknownst to organizers.

Not 'necessarily' throwing

Kennedy said he confronted the town's bylaw enforcement officer during the event, but denied that he threw any parking tickets back at the man.

The event raised about $2,600 for the fire department, but Kennedy says multiple people were ticketed when they pulled off the road to park near Carbonear Academy — unbeknownst to organizers. (Facebook)

The Compass newspaper reported on Tuesday that during a council meeting Kennedy had admitted — and apologized — for throwing parking tickets at the officer.

"I don't know if it was necessarily throwing," Kennedy told CBC radio's On The Go Tuesday evening.

"I took the tickets off the vehicles, and I put them in on his seat in on the side of him where he was sat in his SUV."

Kennedy said he didn't really consider whether his actions were appropriate, and said he isn't sure if he will be disciplined by council.

Proper procedure followed

Carbonear Mayor George Butt said he sympathized with Kennedy, but felt the town's enforcement division did their jobs correctly that day.

Butt said there was a reason that the rules were enforced, and that residents who live on the road had previously expressed their concern about people parking there.

"If a fire truck or something like that had to get in...it'd be close," Butt said. "They were clearly parked in a no parking zone, and there's lots of signage."

Meanwhile, Kennedy said he'd like to see the town lift the parking restriction on weekends.