HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 025-1999RESOLUTION NO. 25-1999
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
AUTHORIZING INCREASED RATES FOR CHARGES
BY TOWING
ON THE BURLINGAME POLICE DEPARTMENT ROTATION LIST
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Burlingame:
WHEREAS, the Burlingame Police Department uses a rotation list of qualified towing
businesses to remove abandoned or disabled vehicles from public streets and rights-of-way in the
City; and
WHEREAS, the qualifications placed on towing businesses under the rotation list is that
their maximum charges be subject to City approval; and
WHEREAS, those fees have not allowed an increase in a number of years, and the State of
California has recently authorized a 15% increase in similar charges in this area; and
WHEREAS, the Chief of Police has recommended a similar increase for towing charges
under the rotation list,
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED AND ORDERED:
1. The following maximum charges are authorized for use by towing businesses on the
Burlingame Police Department rotation list:
Description of Service Maximum Charge
Towing disabled vehicle $115
Towing abandoned vehicle $115
Storing of towed vehicle $ 29 / day (storage for each 24 hour
period or fraction thereof in excess of
first 8 hours of storage after tow)
MAYOR
I, JUDITH A. MALFATTI, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on thethday of
AP R I L , 1999, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMEERS: GALL I GAN, JANNEY, KNIGHT, 0' MAHONY, SP I NELL I
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCn.MEMRERS: NONE
CTfY CLERK