Bryan Police Chief Pulls Proposed Changes to Wrecker Ordinance
Featured Stories, News Thursday, January 10th, 2013The Bryan Police Department’s request to contract with one towing company to handle calls when vehicle owners don’t have a preference was withdrawn following this week’s city council meeting.
Click HERE to read proposed changes to Bryan’s wrecker ordinance.
Police Chief Eric Buske says he’s not comfortable endorsing some of the 16 companies on a rotation system that own 32 wrecker services and 13 storage yards…which are all inspected and monitored by the police department.
Last year, the police department suspended four companies from the wrecker rotation list…one of them twice.
During the last three years, police had eight incidents where tow truck drivers or storage lot owners were arrested or issued citations or warned for infractions ranging from DWI to having no drivers license.
Buske also says during the last three years, state regulators issued eight sanctions.
Mayor Pro Tem Ann Horton saw a similarity to the city issuing contracts for other outside services.
But Councilman Richard Cortez didn’t want to put the other wrecker companies out of business.
And Paul Madison was among the council members telling the chief to tweak the current rules so the majority of wrecker operators would not be put out of business.
At the end of the council workshop Tuesday afternoon, Buske withrew his request.
During public comment at Tuesday night’s council meeting, owners of several wrecker companies spoke in opposition to the proposed changes.
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Posted by Bill Oliver
on Jan 10 2013. Filed under Featured Stories, News.
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