Report Prepared by: Jacob Struble, Lieutenant, Merced Police Department
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SUBJECT: Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Tow Service Agreement
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval of the 2016-2017 Master Tow Service Agreement.
RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt a motion approving Resolution 2016-20, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, establishing and approving the 2016-2017 Master Tow Service Agreement; and, authorizing the City Manager to execute the necessary documents.
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ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve, as recommended by staff; or,
2. Return to staff for further follow up; or,
3. Deny.
AUTHORITY
Charter of the City of Merced, Section 200, et seq.
DISCUSSION
The current fiscal year 2015-2016 Tow Service Agreement expires on June 30, 2016. The 2015-2016 Tow Service Agreement has worked out well for both the City of Merced and the rotational tow companies. It was based in large part on the approved Tow Services Agreement utilized by the California Highway Patrol for their tow rotation program.
The 2016-2017 Tow Service Agreement will be effective from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017. There are only minor changes made to this Agreement from the version approved by the City Council for the 2015-2016 fiscal year. These changes, which were primarily made to stay current with changes in the law and to reflect promotions within the police department, are as follows:
* Due to recent promotions within the department, references to Police Sergeant were changed throughout the Agreement to Police Lieutenant and likewise, references to Police Sergeant were changed to Police Captain.
* In Section 2 (C) of the Agreement [Rotation List] a notation was added to clarify that "[s]imply attaching a cable to or blocking a vehicle does not constitute recovery or load salvage operations."
* In Section 3 (J) [Tow Operators]: The language was added to require tow operators shall have a sufficient number of drivers in order to com...
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