(a) The Mayor, subject to approval by formal resolution of Council, is authorized to enter into agreement with at least two and not more than three operators of towing service, who shall be responsible for providing towing service within the City. Each of such operators shall be in service eight hours, the service to coincide with a specific Police Division shift.
(b) Standard towing rates from any point within the City shall not be in excess of ninety-five dollars ($95.00); flat bed towing rates from any point within the City shall not be in excess of one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125.00). City-owned vehicles shall be towed at no cost. It shall be at the discretion of the Chief of Police, Prosecutor or the Prosecutor's designee to release all towed vehicles at no cost.
(c) Each operator shall maintain in force during the period of the agreement, public liability insurance in limits of not less than fifty thousand dollars/one hundred thousand dollars ($50,000/$100,000) for personal injury, and five thousand dollars/ten thousand dollars ($5,000/$10,000) for property damage. The City shall be named as one of the insured in the policy for activities directly connected with or arising out of the authority created by this chapter. The operators of the towing service shall pay the cost of such insurance and file a memorandum copy thereof with the Finance Director.
(d) The City shall not, in any event, be responsible for unpaid towing charges.
(e) The operators of the towing service shall save harmless the City from any and all loss, actions or causes of actions which directly or indirectly arise out of or are the result of such towing activity, and shall further provide notice of such indemnification to his or its insurer.
(f) There shall be a tow release charge of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per tow, collected by the operator of the towing service and submitted to the City of Garfield Heights on a monthly basis. Said payment shall be accompanied by an itemized list of the number of tows that will correspond to the record of tows kept by the Garfield Heights Police Department.
(g) There shall be a scrap vehicle charge of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per vehicle, applicable to each vehicle in which salvage title has been given to operator of the towing service. The charge shall be collected by the operator of the towing service and submitted to the City of Garfield Heights on a monthly basis. Said payment shall be accompanied by an itemized list of the number of salvage titles that will correspond to the record of salvage titles kept by the Garfield Heights Police Department.
(Ord. 15-2011. Passed 3-28-11.)