City of Philadelphia - File #: 100587

• File #: 100587
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: LAPSED
• File created: 9/16/2010
• In control: Committee of the Whole
• Title: Authorizing City Council's Committee of the Whole to hold a public hearing to investigate and determine the cause of the ongoing problems with the rotational towing program in the City of Philadelphia.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Sanchez, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Blackwell, Council President Verna, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Kelly
• Indexes: TOWING

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/26/2010	0	Committee of the Whole	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/26/2010	0	Committee of the Whole	HEARING HELD
10/26/2010	0	Committee of the Whole	RECESSED
9/16/2010	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced, Read, Adopted & Referred	Pass

Title

Authorizing City Council's Committee of the Whole to hold a public hearing to investigate and determine the cause of the ongoing problems with the rotational towing program in the City of Philadelphia.

Body

WHEREAS, On January 3, 2008, Mayor John F. Street signed into law Bill # 070556 amending

Bill #040595, a bill originally sponsored by Councilman Rizzo and co-sponsored by fifteen other Council members and which established a system of rotational towing; and

WHEREAS, Following close to a year-long delay, the rotational towing program was finally implemented; and

WHEREAS, On Monday, July 19, 2010, while responding to a motor vehicle accident scene, a tow truck driver was shot allegedly by a rival tow truck driver; and

WHEREAS, In the days following the July 19^th shooting, other violence erupted involving several competing towing companies; and

WHEREAS, Such violent acts endanger the residents and visitors alike in the City of Philadelphia and their safety and welfare are paramount; and

WHEREAS, The rotational towing program, as implemented, has serious problems that must be eliminated enabling the program to run more efficiently, effectively, and safely; and

WHEREAS, It is critical that the problems be resolved to avoid the possibility of further outbreaks of violence among some owners and/or operators of tow trucks doing business in the City of Philadelphia.

NOW BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That it authorizes City Council's Committee of the Whole to hold a public hearing to investigate and determine the cause of ongoing problems with the rotational towing program in the City of Philadelphia.

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