DEPARTMENT: San Antonio Police Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD William McManus
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
An Ordinance authorizing amendments to the Municipal Wrecker Service Agreements between the City of San Antonio and Allied Towing, Assured Towing Inc. and Texas Towing by providing one-year renewal periods for each agreement commencing on December 1, 2014 and ending on November 30, 2015.
SUMMARY:
An ordinance authorizing amendments to the Municipal Wrecker Services Agreements between the City of San Antonio and Allied Towing, Assured Towing, Inc. and Texas Towing by providing one-year renewal periods for each agreement commencing on December 1, 2014. Each renewal shall allow Allied Towing, Assured Towing, Inc. and Texas Towing to provide wrecker services in their respective assigned Zones at the discretion of the City. All other terms and conditions of the Agreements shall remain the same.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Public safety towing for the City is currently handled by three wrecker service contractors operating in six zones that coincide with the six Police Substation Service Areas. The agreement requires the contractors to remove from public streets, ways or other public property in the city of San Antonio, vehicles which have been abandoned, have been involved in collisions, have been parked in violation of the law, have to be checked for evidence, and/or belong to prisoners. Contracted tow companies must respond to a request for wrecker service within 30 minutes of being dispatched by the City. Over the last three years, the City dispatched an average of 43,428 tows a year. In addition, towing services for all inoperable City vehicles (light, medium and heavy), tire changes and battery jumps are provided to the City at no cost. The contractors provide an average of 5,013 free tows a year.
ISSUE:
The current agreements for Allied Towing and Assured expire November 30, 2014, although...
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