(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 services who shall be responsible for providing towing service within the City. The City shall publicly bid for towing services needed in the City every two years.
(b) Standard towing rates and flat bed towing rates from any point within the City shall be determined by Council ordinance or a contract with a towing operator; and/or company. 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 or for a fee determined by Council as stated in Section 240.09(b)(6).
(c) Each operator shall maintain in force during the period of the agreement, public liability insurance in limits of not less than five hundred thousand dollars/one million dollars ($500,000/$1,000,000) for personal injury and fifty thousand dollars/one hundred thousand dollars ($50,000/$100,000) 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.
(Ord. 2003-060. Passed 8-13-03; Ord. 2015-04, passed 1-21-15.)