Waller said she spoke with police committee chairman Paul Kuhn, and the two agreed the proposal should come from the committee.

The proposal, she said, would have to be reviewed, possibly amended and approved by the full board of trustees. The proposal would then go to the planning board for review.

Kuhn said last week he planned to address paid parking in Tuesday’s police committee meeting.

The local law and its accompanying resolution adopted last month originated in the police committee. The three trustee members of the committee _ Kuhn, Lynne Mebust and Grace Kull _ voted in favor of the proposal.

The local law authorizes paid parking on Main and Pioneer streets as well as the Doubleday Field parking lot, during a three-month summer period which roughly mirrors the Cooperstown Dreams Park’s season.

The board was divided over the issue of on-street paid parking, with some board members preferring to limit it to Doubleday Field initially.

Kuhn said he was going into the meeting with an open mind as to how they will roll out paid parking.

``We’ll certainly try to get back to a position of more unity on the board,’’ he said.

The law and resolution authorize paid parking in the Doubleday Field lot and on-street parking on Main and Pioneer streets, but do not name any particular dates for implementation, he said.

``I think we would have some flexibility in rolling this out,’’ Kuhn said.

Mebust said last week that the law does not commit the village to any specific timeframe or manner of implementing paid parking.

It would be possible to begin with Doubleday Field and phase in on-street paid parking in coming years, she said.

There are many things left to consider before establishing on street paid parking, she said, adding that this may be a good time to develop an overall plan for Main Street.

The police committee meets Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 11 a.m. in the village meeting room.