Any person desiring to perform towing work at the request of the village Police Department shall submit an application for rotation tow list to the Chief of Police. Application forms may be obtained from the village Police Department. Successful applicants will be required to sign annual service agreements with the village Police Department, the terms of which agreements shall run from April 1 to March 30 of the following year. No person or entity desiring to perform towing work at the request of the village Police Department shall be permitted to do so without such a current agreement having been entered into with and on file with the village Police Department. Such agreements shall be in such form as may be required from time to time by the Chief of Police, and may be executed by the Chief of Police on behalf of the village and the village Police Department. After the list is established, an operator on the list will only need to submit a letter of intent, update any changed information on the application, and supply a new certificate of insurance to reapply each year during the application period. There is no limit as to the number of tow companies on the list. Applications shall include the following information on such forms as may be required from time to time by the village Police Department:
(A) Name of tow operator or provider.
(B) Business, vehicle storage lot and home addresses. The business and vehicle storage lot addresses shall be located within ten miles of the corporate limits of the village.
(C) Business and home phone numbers. The business phone number shall be required to be answered on a 24-hour, seven day per week basis or to be connected to an answering machine or service capable or recording messages from incoming callers.
(D) The name of the firm under which the tow operator or provider will trade.
(E) Length of time in towing business.
(F) Three references.
(G) The location, size and security features of the storage lot on which the towed vehicles will be stored. Such storage lot shall at a minimum have the capacity to store 40 vehicles at any given time, and shall be capable of providing inside storage for vehicles as may be requested from time to time by the village Police Department.
(H) The location to which the public must come to claim stored or impounded vehicles.
(I) A statement of willingness to provide full service on a 24-hour-a-day basis each day of the year, and a statement that the tow operator or provider shall at a minimum provide personnel at its business address and storage lot address during the hours of 9:00 a.m. through 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays for purposes of allowing vehicle owners to retrieve towed vehicles held in storage by such tow operator or provider.
(J) A list of towing equipment and its size and capacity.
(K) Insurance policies.
(L) Carriers, agents and subcontractors that the owner would place into effect upon approval.
(M) A description of the communication system to be used on each tow truck and at the office where calls are received.
(N) Equal employment opportunity statement.
(O) If a corporation, a certificate of good standing.
(P) Names, home addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers and copies of drivers' licenses for any and all persons that the applicant proposes to employ to actually provide towing services to the village Police Department. Such information may be used by the village Police Department to conduct background examinations of the proposed tow truck operators for compliance with the provisions of this chapter, and the applicant shall provide consent forms as approved by the village from time to time indicating the consent of the applicant and its proposed tow truck operators to such background examinations.
(Ord. 0009-03, passed 2-19-03; Am. Ord. 08-0692, passed 8-6-08)