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Council asks staff to research private-property tow rates after Beaverton Towing request

5782714 · September 11, 2025
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Summary

Following a letter from a towing company asking for higher permitted rates, the City Council asked staff to research market rates and active vendors and to return with recommended ordinance changes; no rate change was adopted at the work session.

City staff briefed the City Council on a request from a licensed towing company to amend Tualatin’s private-property tow rate schedule in the municipal code. Don Hudson, assistant city manager, said the city’s tow fees (hookup, after-hours release, mileage, storage and release-at-scene fees) were set in October 2013 and have not been revised since.

Hudson said the city currently has 10 licensed tow companies…

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