RESOLUTION NO. _____
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE REGARDING THE COUNCIL’S SELECTION OF THE MOST QUALIFIED PROPOSERS TO SERVE AS THE CITY’S OFFICIAL POLICE TOW SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR DISTRICTS 1 AND 2 WHEREAS, on February 18, 2025, Council adopted Resolution No. 25-27 which stated that it is in the city's best interests to use a competitive process for selecting tow operators, who, under a contract with the city, will provide towing and storage services for the city's Police Department; and
WHEREAS Council's adoption of Resolution 25-27 approved the Police Department's Request for Proposals ("RFP") for Official Police Tow Services as well as the criteria, requirements, and standards in the RFP, and authorized the City Clerk to advertise the RFP; and
WHEREAS, the RFP covered towing and storing situations as ordered or requested by the city's Police Department; and
WHEREAS, the RFP contained performance requirements and standards, including eligibility, facility, location, equipment, maximum rates, and services, as well as criteria upon which an independent Review Committee relied on for evaluating proposals and the process for selecting the most qualified proposers; and WHEREAS, the criteria set forth in the RFP included specific categories and maximum points as more specifically described in the agenda report prepared by the Chief of Police and dated May 13, 2025; and
WHEREAS, on or about February 19, 2025 the Police Department issued the RFP and the deadline for submitting a proposal was March 24, 2025; and WHEREAS, the Police Department received in total five (4) proposals from the following tow operators: Crescenta Valley Tow Service; Gay's Automotive & Towing, Inc.; J & E Service Inc. dba Monterey Tow Service; and Mid Valley Towing, Inc.; and WHEREAS, beginning on March 25, 2025, the Review Committee, whose members were selected by the Police Chief, engaged in a detailed process of evaluating the proposals which included review of RFP responses, site inspections, oral presentations and interviews, social media surveys, and background and reference checks; and
WHEREAS, the independent Review Committee prepared a report for the Chief of Police containing the Committee's recommendations for OPTS providers and a chart with the scores for each of the four (4) tow operators; and WHEREAS, based on its evaluation, the Review Committee scored the tow operators and determined that two (2) tow operators (District 1: Gay's Automotive & Towing, Inc.; District 2: Mid Valley Towing, Inc. are the "most qualified" to serve in the designated districts as the city's OPTS; and
WHEREAS, the Chief of Police has accepted the recommendations of the Review Committee for OPTS providers and proposes the Review Committee's recommendations to Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Glendale as follows:
1. The Council finds, determines, and declares that Gay's Automotive & Towing, Inc. and Mid Valley Towing, Inc., are the most qualified proposers to serve as OPTS for Districts 1 and 2 respectively because each firm possesses the competence, experience, expertise, facilities, equipment, personnel, financial wherewithal, and other resources necessary to perform dependable towing and garaging services, to ensure quality service, and to provide utmost customer satisfaction.
2. The City Council hereby accepts the proposal of each of the two most qualified proposers; and awards each of these firms a contract thereby giving each the special privilege and exclusive right to identify itself as one of the city's "Official Police Tow Services", to operate within the following designated Districts: District 1 - Gay's Automotive & Towing, Inc.; District 2 - Mid Valley Towing, Inc.; and to furnish the public with vehicle towing and storage services when requested by the Police Department.
3. The City Council hereby authorizes staff to: 1) negotiate with the tow operators, determined to be the most qualified, amendments to the draft agreement attached to the RFP as long as such amendments do not substantially increase risk to the city, and 2) negotiate a contract term of five (5) years with two (2) optional renewal terms of two (2) years each, where exercise of an option term would be at the Chief of Police's sole discretion subject to the City Manager's approval.
4. The City Council further hereby specifies that the contract for each OPTS provider is conditioned upon the OPTS provider's fully performing the obligations described in the criteria, requirements, and standards in the RFP and the contract.
5. This Resolution takes effect immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this _______ day of ________________, 2025. _________________________________
Mayor
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City Clerk
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I, Suzie Abajian, PhD, Clerk of the City of Glendale, certify that the foregoing Resolution No. ________________ was adopted by the Council of the City of Glendale, California, at a regular meeting held on the _______ day of ____________________, 2025, and that same was adopted by the following vote:
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