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Oklahoma City council strikes planned Zone 4 towing contract after heated public debate
Summary
After hours of public testimony and legal debate over contract location, staffing and storage capacity, Oklahoma City council amended then voted to strike the recommended award for the Zone 4 record/impound contract, sending staff back to resolve outstanding procurement concerns.
Oklahoma City council removed a planned award for the Zone 4 record and impound contract after a daylong debate and multiple public comments about fairness, capacity and public-safety risk.
Staff presented a proposed amendment to the recommended award to Car Cab Record Service that would waive the first three miles of any tow into Zone 4 and require the vendor to certify it has 16 certified drivers before assuming full responsibility for the zone. Kalia Fisher, municipal counsel, outlined three legal issues raised during protests: whether one vendor may service two zones, whether that approach raises public-cost or response-time concerns, and whether the selected vendor could meet the city’s staffing and equipment minimums (the RFP standard is eight trucks and drivers per zone). Fisher said the city could add a contingency requiring…
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