10-11-11 Wrecker Committee Meeting and Public Hearing

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City of La Porte Wrecker Committee Minutes of August 30, 2011 Committee Members Present: Tim Tietjens, Planning Director (designated representative of the City Manager); Patrice Fogarty, City Secretary; and Lt. Gary Rice (designated representative of the Police Chief) Staff Members Present: Clark Askins, Assistant City Attorney; Debbie Wilmore, Chief Building Official; Jeff Tippit, DOT Officer; and Peggy Lee, Office Coordinator 1. Call to order. Meeting called to order by Chairman Tim Tietjens at 2:34 p.m. 2. Roll call of members. Tim Tietjens, Patrice Fogarty, and Lt. Gary Rice were present for roll call. 3. Consider approval of January 17, 2011, meeting minutes. Motion by Lt. Gary Rice to approve the Minutes of January 17, 2011. Second by Patrice Fogarty. Motion carried unanimously. 4. Conduct public hearing on possible action to suspend, cancel or revoke Wrecker Permit Numbers 549 thru 558 issued to RBEX, Inc. d /b /a Apple Towing Co. A. Open public hearing Chairman Tietjens opened the public hearing at 2:37 p.m. B. Staff comments Chief Building Official Debbie Wilmore reported the City had received concerns about some of the automobile wrecker permits that have been issued and in trying to address those concerns, Chairman Tietjens had asked her to review all issued permits to check for any irregularities. The following information was provided by Mrs. Wilmore as a result of her review of the five companies currently licensed to operate in La Porte: Apple Towing — State of Texas information matches the information on file for La Porte; however, the City issued the licenses with conditions, one of which required ownership of the property. Apple Towing is in the process of purchasing the property, but the sale has not been finalized. There is an item on the agenda for the Committee to consider possible action on the matter. Charlie Hinds Paint & Body — No irregularities were found.