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RESOLUTION NO. 2023-192
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA AMENDING THE CITY-INITIATED TOW
LICENSE FEE
WHEREAS, on December 7, 2021, City Council approved agreements with seven
companies to provide tow and impound services for City-initiated tows; and
WHEREAS, each agreement provides that the Tow License Fee is subject to review and
revision each year; and
WHEREAS, the Police Department is requesting Council approval to update this fee for
the calendar year 2024; and
WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code section 12110 authorizes the City to assess a Tow
; and
WHEREAS, the Tow License Fee relates to staff recovery costs of requesting a tow call
for service, from the start time a police employee calls for a tow request to the end time that the
tow company leaves the scene; and
WHEREAS, tfor 2024, effective January 1,
2024, as presented to the City Council,
tow service providers for payment to City; and
WHEREAS, the City intends to re-calculate and revise the City-initiated Tow License Fee
every year using the same methodology.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
that it amends the City-initiated Tow License Fee as follows:
(Annual estimate of police-initiated tows) x (Estimated time spent per tow) x (Fully burdened
hourly rate) = Tow License Fee
Annual Estimate of Hours Spent per Fully
Tow License
Position Police-Initiated Police-Initiated Burdened
Fee
123
Tows Tow Hourly Rate
Peace Officer 1,497 0.53 $141.59 $112,339
Community Service Officer 1,197 0.53 $69.96 $44,383
Sr Parking Enforcement Officer 631 0.53 $73.76 $24,668
Police Dispatcher 3,325 0.08 $100.50 $26,733
TOTAL $208,123
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2-year average of calendar years 2021 and 2022 is 3,325 tows. Does not include private tows or tows
during grant-funded operations. Tow request breakdown by classification (Officer 45% of tow requests;
CSO 36%; PEO 19%)
2
Estimated 32 minutes of Officer/CSO/PEO time during a tow call for service. Estimated 5 minutes of
Police Dispatcher time
3
Fully Burdened Hourly Rate provided by Finance Department
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the total Tow License Fee shall be divided equally
among the tow operators under the agreements with the City during calendar year 2024.
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Roxana Kennedy Jill D.S. Maland
Chief of Police Lounsbery Ferguson Altona & Peak
Acting City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 5th day of December 2023 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Cardenas, Chavez, Gonzalez, Preciado, and McCann
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
John McCann, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2023-192 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 5th day of December 2023.
Executed this 5th day of December 2023.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk