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Towing RFQ sparks committee split; council sets deadline as member resigns from committee
Summary
An advisory committee charged with rewriting the towing RFQ failed to reach consensus. One member said they would resign and circulated a draft RFQ. The chair set a firm deadline to place committee or individual proposals on the Aug. 20 agenda; council also debated outstanding records requests and FOIA timelines.
Council members used open business to press for action on a towing-services RFQ that the council directed be reissued in February. One council advisory committee met several times but members could not agree on final language. A council member said they had drafted an RFQ and would submit it but also tendered their resignation from the committee, arguing progress had been too slow. The chair set a hard deadline to accept any committee or individual RFQ proposals for placement on the Aug. 20 agenda.
Related council business included a dispute over long-pending email/records requests. One councilmember said a March request remained unfulfilled and urged that council-level requests be prioritized; the clerk and administration explained FOIA workloads, statutory timelines and the need to review attorney-client privilege issues before release. The clerk committed to schedule an in-person review with the requesting councilmember the week after the election.
What's next: any RFQ proposals will be placed on the Aug. 20 agenda for council action; the clerk will convene a meeting to allow the councilmember to review the requested records.
