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Ombudsman says APD contractor stopped charging $150 access fee after review of municipal code and outreach to law department
Summary
The Anchorage ombudsman's office told the Assembly Rules Committee on June 12 that an APD contractor had been charging a $150 upfront access fee to let owners retrieve personal belongings from municipally impounded vehicles but has stopped doing so after consultations with the Department of Law and APD contract administration.
The Anchorage ombudsman's office reported to the Assembly Rules Committee on June 12 that an APD contractor had been charging a $150 "access fee" to let owners retrieve personal property from vehicles impounded by the municipality, and the fee has been stopped after legal review and contract management outreach.
"It just seemed like an effort to squeeze money out of poor people," the ombudsman said when describing the widely reported consequences of vehicle-impound practices in earlier years. The ombudsman reminded the committee that, after a prior assembly code rewrite, the municipality intended to guarantee vehicle owners a one-time…
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