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Committee discusses adopting state towing authority for reckless driving; action postponed
Summary
City staff presented a memo recommending adoption of a state law authorizing immediate towing and impoundment for reckless driving. Committee members raised questions about severity, impound logistics and cost recovery and asked staff to return with PD input and the memo author for a decision at the next meeting.
City staff briefed the Waukesha City Ordinance and Licensing Committee on a state law that would allow local authorities to tow and impound vehicles involved in reckless driving incidents, but the committee postponed any decision and requested further information.
Brian, a city staff member who prepared a memorandum (with assistance from Michael Radovich), said his office’s final recommendation is to “go ahead and adopt the state statute pretty much as is,” but he cautioned that not all stakeholders (including the city administrator and possibly the mayor) had provided final comments and that the…
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