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Resident asks commission to investigate impound and mobile-home removal after road blockage
Summary
Danny Lee told the commission his truck was impounded after moving a mobile home in March 2024; he said the tow company demanded "$6,000.00" to release it. County Attorney Phil Eldridge read a report saying the vehicle lacked registration, displayed an obscured VIN, state troopers issued citations (to which Lee pled guilty), and the county spent $4,579.32 to demolish and remove the mobile home.
Danny Lee asked the Geneva County Commission for an investigation into his truck's impoundment following a March 28, 2024 incident in which a mobile home he was moving became disabled and blocked Airport Road. Lee told the commission the tow company told him the retrieval fee would be "$6,000.00." County Attorney Phil Eldridge read the Sheriff's incident report into the record and said the truck had no tag or insurance and the VIN had been obscured, which under state law can be a felony unless ownership is established. Eldridge also said the Alabama Administrative Code requires a moving permit for mobile homes and that Lee pled guilty to related citations issued by State Troopers.
Eldridge told commissioners the mobile home remained on the roadway for eight months, the county incurred $4,579.32 in Road & Bridge expenses to demolish and haul debris to the landfill, and he recommended that Lee reimburse the county. Commissioner Bart Wilks said the impound and towing dispute was essentially a matter between Lee and the towing company. The commission did not vote or direct a formal investigation at the meeting.
