HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2024-223 RESOLUTION NO. 2024-223
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
calendar year 2025; and
WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code section 12110 authorizes the City to assess a Tow
License Fee to tow companies “to reimburse the public entity for its actual and reasonable costs
incurred in connection with the towing program”; 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, the computation of the City’s Tow License Fee for 2025 effective January 1,
2025, as presented to the City Council, will be apportioned equally among the City’s contracted
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
Position
Annual
Estimate of
Police-Initiated
Tows 1
Hours Spent
per
Police-Initiated
Tow 2
Fully
Burdened
Hourly Rate 3
Tow
License Fee
Peace Officer 1,563 0.53 $126.60 $104,874
Community Service Officer 1,250 0.53 $76.09 $50,410
Sr Parking Enforcement Officer 660 0.53 $78.18 $27,347
Police Dispatcher 3,473 0.08 $101.38 $28,167 TOTAL $210,798
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1 2-year average of calendar years 2022 and 2023 is 3,473 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 2025.
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Roxana Kennedy Marco A. Verdugo
Chief of Police City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 3rd day of December 2024 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Chavez, Gonzalez, Morineau, 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. 2024-223 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 3rd day of December 2024.
Executed this 3rd day of December 2024.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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