HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report Tow Rates 9/6/11NATIONAL CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
DATE: August 30, 2011
TO: City Council
FROM: Tow Contract Committee
SUBJECT: Proposed Tow Rates for the 2011 Tow and Impound Contract
In the Request for Proposal ("RFP") #GS1011-4 related to the proposed 2011
towing and impound contract for the City of National City, the RFP required each
potential contractor to include their proposed towing fees on Attachment A, the Towing
Fee Schedule.
On August 30, 2011, Sergeant Fabinski and Armando Vergara met with
authorized representatives from Tom Moynahan Towing and Storage and Road One
Towing to discuss their proposed tow rates. The negotiations were necessary to
determine fair, equitable, and consistent tow rates, which would be applied to all tows for
both contractors in the pertinent contract period. The authorized representative for Tom
Moynahan Towing and Storage was Tom Moynahan. The authorized representative for
Road One Towing was Marcos Lopez.
The tow rates submitted by each tow contractor are set forth in the first two
columns in the chart below. The tow rates were then averaged between both proposed
rates and rounded to the five dollar increment and are reflected in the third column. Both
tow contractors agreed to the averaged tow rates. The San Diego area California
Highway Patrol (CHP) prevailing (average) tow rates are also provided for comparison in
the fourth column. These are the rates the CHP considers as fair and proper tow rates for
the San Diego area. The proposed National City tow rates are substantially less than the
CHP prevailing tow rates.
The rates in the third column will therefore be the established tow rates for the
term of the proposed tow and impound contract.
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SERVICE
TOWING FEE SCHEDULE
Moynahan Towing Road One Towing Agreed Tow CHP-SD
Proposed Proposed Rate (average) Rate
• BASIC TOWING
$180 $135 $160 $202.08
MEDIUM SIZE -
BASIC TOWING
VEHICLES OVER 9,500 GVW BUT
LESS THAN 22,000 GVW
(UNLOADED).
• LARGE SIZE - BASIC
TOWING VEHICLES OVER
22,000 GVW (UNLOADED).
$215
$250
$150
$200
$185 $216.90
$225 $269.20
• ON -SCENE OR
STAND-BY LABOR = EACH
15-MINUTE INCREMENT,
BEYOND FIRST HOUR.
$50 $30 $40 N/A
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• DOLLIES WILL ONLY BE
USED WHEN THERE IS NOT A $55 - $50 $55 N/A
LESS EXPENSIVE, SAFE MANNER
OF HANDLING THE SITUATION.
• DRY RUN MAY ALSO BE
KNOWN AS A "HOOK-UP - DROP
FEE" AND IS CHARGED WHEN
THE VEHICLE IS HOOKED UP
AND THE OWNER RETURNS
BEFORE THE VEHICLE IS IN
TRANSIT.
$50
N/C
$50 N/A
• PER MILE TOWING
APPLIES ONLY TO VEHICLES
RECOVERED OUTSIDE THE
JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF
NATIONAL CITY.
$5 $5 $5 N/A
• MAXIMUM STORAGE
- PER DAY Per day is $42
defined as a 24-hour period.
$35 $40 $49.17
STORAGE PER HOUR
Up to maximum of $20.00 per $20
day, to be reviewed annually.
$5 $15 N/A
• AFTER HOURS
VEHICLE RELEASE
After 5PM and before 8AM
including weekends and all
holidays.
$65 $65 $65 N/A
• NOTIFICATION OF
LIEN SALE Vehicle valued
at less than $4.000, (22851.12 $70
CVC).
$70 $70 N/A
• NOTIFICATION OF
LIEN SALE Vehicle
valued at over $4,000.
(22851.12 CVC).
$100
$100
$100 N/A
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• POLICE EQUIPMENT
TOWING Inside
jurisdictional limits of National No Charge
City.
• CITY EQUIPMENT
TOWING Includes all City
vehicles. Also includes police
vehicles towed from outside
jurisdictional limits of National
City.
25% = $40
CITY
ADMINISTRATION
• NEGLIGENT
VEHICLE IMPOUND
RELEASE FEE
$124.00
• SERIOUS TRAFFIC
OFFENDER
PROGRAM FEE
$150.00
Dan Fabinski
Armando Vergara
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