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Committee earmarks $1.8 million to clear towing-service backlog; directors seek flexibility to pay past invoices
Summary
Budget staff and department directors told the committee $1.8 million is needed to resolve outstanding towing and abandoned-vehicle invoices. The committee discussed contract timing, storage constraints for towing yards, and restructuring future solicitations by geographic districts.
The city’s Budget Committee acknowledged a roughly $1,800,000 amount set aside in the proposed budget to resolve past invoices and backlog for towing, derelict-vehicle work and related services, and directed the administration to keep expenditure language flexible so invoices tied to multiple departments can be paid.
Council members questioned whether the $1.8 million appropriation should be restricted to a single department or object code. Director Andy…
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