Wagga City Council staff have urged that food trucks be allowed to continue operating into next year but have found it "difficult" to assess the impact on bricks and mortar businesses.
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Councillors will decide the future of the mobile food service at Monday's meeting following an eight-month trial with nine vendors.
The motion would allow the city's food trucks to stay open until at least February 29 while a draft permanent policy was exhibited for public feedback.
Most of the hundreds of responses to a council survey on the 'Mobile Food Vendor trial' were positive.
The trial prompted four complaints, including three from existing hospitality businesses.
Wagga's Woodfired Wagon owner Jay Vidler, who has been selling pizzas during the trial, said he expected more vendors to apply to work in the city if the motion was approved.
"It has really exploded. People found it a bit odd and different that we had set up by the side of the road but they have really taken to it," he said.
Mr Vidler said he would welcome the trial terms being extended.
"Since January, it has been good in that we have continued in regular trade for our customers, particularly in the outer suburbs," he said.
"We have been able to continue the employment of our six employees."
A council report stated it was "difficult to derive any conclusions" in terms of impacts on existing businesses due to the low number of complaints and negative survey responses.
Cracker Jack's Café had complained that a mobile vendor was "parking within 200 metres of cafe".
The report stated that "council staff requested vendor move to a distance that significantly exceeded the 200 metres limit which they accommodated without issue".
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Parker's Diner also complained that a mobile vendor was too close to their business but the measured distance was found to be 750 metres and within the trial rules.
The Football Wagga Referee Board complained that a vendor "repeatedly requested to operate during soccer matches and told 'no' by the Referee Board that operates the canteen during matches".
The council reinforced to the vendor "the requirement to stay 200 metres from sporting club canteens".
A report to councillors on the survey noted "there were many comments about how the presence of food trucks encouraged people outdoors, engaging with the community".
"This...is supported by the fact that 309 people responded that they visited a food truck with another person (for example a) partner, friend, family or colleague," the report stated.