DEPARTMENT: San Antonio Police Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Anthony Trevino, Interim Chief of Police
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Approval of two (2) Emergency Municipal Wrecker Services Agreements with Alanis Wrecker Services and Mission Wrecker.
SUMMARY:
This item authorizes the City to enter into two (2) Emergency Wrecker Services Agreements with Alanis Wrecker Services and Mission Wrecker to support the current Municipal Wrecker Service contractors. The term of the contracts will commence on February 22, 2015 and expire on November 30, 2015, with an option to renew for up to three (3) additional months.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The San Antonio Police Department currently contracts with three (3) wrecker companies (Assured, Allied and Texas Towing) for the provision of non-consent wrecker services in the City of San Antonio. The companies perform in six (6) designated zones that are comprised of the City's Police Substation boundaries and geographically cover the entire city limits.
The Municipal Wrecker Service Agreements require contractors to remove from public streets, ways or other public property, vehicles which have been: 1) abandoned; 2) involved in collisions; 3) parked in violation of the law; 4) checked for evidence; and/or 5) belong to prisoners. Contracted tow companies must respond to a request for wrecker services within 30 minutes of being dispatched by the City. Over the last three years, the City has dispatched an average of 44,700 tows annually. In addition to non-consent towing, the tow companies also provide free towing services for all inoperable City vehicles (light, medium and heavy), including tire changes and battery jumps. The contractors provide an average of 5,013 free City tow services a year.
The initial term of the Municipal Wrecker Service Agreements was set to expire on November 30, 2014. However, City Council approved a one-year extension of the Agreements o...
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