TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Steve S. Charelian, Interim Finance Director
Derrick Abell, Police Chief
Andrew Harrod, Police Lieutenant
Gwen Eng, Purchasing Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Resolution No. 18-0130 Approving a Three-Year Agreement with Van Lingen Towing, Inc. to Provide Towing Services (Interim Finance Director Charelian).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 18-0130
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council:
a) Adopt Resolution No. 18-0130 approving a three-year agreement with Van Lingen Towing, Inc. to provide towing services;
b) Waive formal bidding per Municipal Code Section 2.36.140 (waivers); and
c) Authorize the City Manager to extend the terms of the agreement for up to two additional one-year periods, if deemed in the City's best interest.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The City expects to receive approximately $80,000 in Fiscal Year 2018-2019 as a result of the vehicle release fee, which is imposed for all vehicles towed under this contract, as set forth in the City's Resolution of Fees. The vehicle release fee recovers the cost of providing service. The tow service operator submits this fee monthly. In addition, the City spends approximately $3,200 annually on City vehicle towing.
BACKGROUND:
The City currently contracts with Van Lingen Towing, Inc. to provide towing and storage for vehicles impounded due to illegal parking, traffic accidents, arrests, crime scene investigations, and other assorted reasons (the fees are paid by the vehicle owners directly to Van Lingen). The City typically orders 100 tows per month. For Fiscal Year 2018-2019, this will result in approximately $80,000 in revenue from the vehicle release fee that the tow operator collects from the vehicle owner at the time of vehicle release. As part of this contract, this vendor also tows non-operational City vehicles to various repair fac...
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