The Public Safety Standing Committee voted to forward to full council an ordinance that would raise limits on fees charged for towing, storage and safekeeping of vehicles removed from private property and require itemized receipts for payments.

Lynn Lancaster of the Department of General Services presented the proposed ordinance (ordinance 2025‑222) and said it would amend City Code section 27.302 to make the city code consistent with state code and with the city’s towing contract with Manchester Marketing doing business as Cypress Towing. Lancaster said the proposal would raise the private‑property tow fee from $135 to $195 and raise an administrative fee from $50 to $75; it would also require businesses that accept payment for towing fees to provide an itemized receipt.

The committee held a public hearing; no members of the public spoke for or against the ordinance. A motion to forward ordinance 2025‑222 to full council with a recommendation to approve passed. The roll call given in the transcript recorded Ms. Abu Bakr and Chair Trammell voting “Aye.”

Lancaster said the city will not receive revenue from the ordinance itself and that the ordinance is intended to align the city code with state law and the city towing contract.