Commissioners table countywide wrecker rotation after industry objections

County staff presented a proposed countywide wrecker and towing services order that would replace the current zoned rotation with a single countywide rotation list, require TDLR licensing and an in-County vehicle storage facility for eligibility, and set two primary rotation companies alternating weekly. The draft would also ask the selected wrecker to handle an entire incident when capable, moving down the list only when a company lacks capacity.

Staff said the proposal is intended to simplify response and align with New Braunfels' rotation approach but acknowledged several details remain under discussion. Commissioner Crownover asked clarifying questions about how the on-call arrangement would merge with the rotation list and how capacity limitations would be handled; staff confirmed the two-primary-per-week approach tracks with the city system.

A towing-industry stakeholder, Rodrigo Amaya, urged the court to delay the order, saying proper due diligence (including fee studies) was not completed and noting a briefing with the district attorney raised "serious risk for the safety of the public and the county at Comal." The court decided to take no action today to allow more stakeholder meetings and proposed an application period in November with a possible effective date early next year.

"So appreciate your time," Amaya said after urging delay and further study. "We really do appreciate, you know, whoever made the decision to stop it because due diligence wasn't conducted."