Tuesday, August 11, 2026, 10:30 a.m. (Denver time), City & County Building, room 391
0:06 It's time for this biweekly
0:09 meeting of the finance and
0:09 Business Committee of Denver
0:15 City Council. Join us for the
0:19 finance and business Committee
0:27 starting now. 11, Chris hinds
0:29 a certain city council
0:31 representing district 10
0:31 diverse, perfect 10. Been to
0:32 the finance and business
0:34 committee. Ms we have to
0:40 action items and 3, no, within
0:41 many consent 8 items on
0:45 consent. Before we get into
0:47 the action items, let's start
0:48 with introductions that start
0:53 online. Good morning, everyone
0:53 inflate and southwest numbers
1:00 district 2. Exact okay. Let's
1:03 start by right? Good morning.
1:06 Amanda Sawyer District 5. Good
1:07 morning. Diana Romero,
1:08 Campbell, Southeast Denver
1:10 district 4 good morning, Paul
1:14 Kashmann south tradition, Hi,
1:14 everybody said at a Gonzalez
1:16 Gutierrez, councilmember
1:17 large. Good morning, Carol
1:22 Watson, Fine District 9. Great
1:25 car. First action item is 26
1:26 1, 0, 9, 6, of a solution.
1:27 Amending the City Council
1:30 rules of Procedure.
1:32 Councilmember Luis was going
1:34 to attend online. She is not
1:38 here yet. I present. I was
1:41 just waiting cause I think new
1:42 motion yes. If you have a
1:45 motion, I'd like entertain it.
1:46 I'd like to make a motion to
1:52 postpone to a date certain for
1:57 SEPTEMBER. 29th. Counts 26
2:03 blesses 26 10. 69 I-96. Yes,
2:04 that's what that's 10,
2:09 something you It's a prominent
2:12 notes wrong in document notes
2:13 10 96 just in the know that's
2:15 a proper motion. Is there a
2:18 second has been moved seconded
2:21 what certain to the motion am
2:22 postponed to a date certain
2:30 SEPTEMBER 29th. I want to
2:31 delay just a few seconds.
2:35 Morgan case Councilmember Luis
2:41 wants to I gonna move chair
2:41 also go right. Would be
2:43 possible to do the other item.
2:48 First give her an opportunity.
2:51 Sure we yes So if you're
2:53 willing to present your motion
2:54 second, then been yeah, that's
2:57 a good idea. Okay. I withdraw
3:01 motion for a light Are you
3:08 vulnerable to Good, great. So
3:09 I'm gonna I just don't have
3:10 ask for permission, right? I
3:12 can just move to the other
3:15 items. Okay. So let's move
3:20 into. 26 11. 69, which also my
3:21 cause some challenges because
3:21 General services might have
3:24 thought for you hearing.
3:25 Complete looking great. So we
3:30 have you come come the next
3:33 action item over the first
3:38 action item. I guess it 26 11
3:39 69 item. It's a contract with
3:42 for to had 1.5 million a new
3:43 total 23 Million. And by
3:47 adding one year for new end
3:49 date AUGUST 31st. 2027 to
3:50 update exhibit one pricing
3:53 items for citywide towing
3:58 services citywide its project.
4:00 Welcome General Services if
4:06 introduce yourselves and take
4:06 Good morning, Kim. Only on the
4:10 director. This services and
4:10 General services call so drunk
4:14 on the contract manager for
4:15 Service, Thank Thank you.
4:15 Thank you for taking the time
4:19 to meet with us today. We are
4:21 here to present the Final
4:22 Amendment to the agreement
4:24 with Frank and Pink, former
4:29 City wide towing services. So
4:33 just a quick overview, one
4:34 will be covering Overview of
4:35 actual towing service
4:36 agreement. Any background
4:38 information on the current
4:40 contract, some towing data
4:42 that we wanted to include from
4:43 our last time here last year
4:45 to do the First Amendment,
4:46 providing some data from the
4:49 Department of Safety as well
4:49 as the Department of
4:51 Transportation and
4:56 Infrastructure and also
4:58 including some revisions to
5:00 exhibit specifically that the
5:00 exception that bit items,
5:03 which is the pricing in this
5:04 case and then provide you with
5:04 a quick summary of the
5:05 resolution requests that we're
5:11 presenting today for approval.
5:11 So to go over a little bit of
5:14 the current agreement you will
5:16 see that and we started this
5:21 SEPTEMBER first 2022. And the
5:21 current term expires AUGUST
5:26 31st of 2025. Currently that
5:33 contract amount was 11.5
5:36 million dollars. Last in 2025,
5:37 we came before this body to
5:40 request approval to amend the
5:43 agreement. First part of the
5:44 amendment was to extend the
5:46 contract term through AUGUST
5:48 31st. 2026 as well as
5:49 increased the total contract
5:55 value to 21 point. 21 million
5:56 dollars today. We're here for
5:57 our second and Final Amendment
5:58 of the agreement and that
6:00 would be to extend the
6:02 contract term through AUGUST
6:06 31st 2027 increase. The total
6:09 contract value to 23 million
6:11 dollars. And then update the
6:13 pricing items a few of those
6:16 categories from the original
6:16 pricing data that was
6:21 submitted. So again, just to
6:22 refresh everyone about the
6:23 contract and what it's
6:28 actually what it's providing,
6:30 it does provide impound
6:34 There's also special eventos
6:36 specifically with road esd and
6:38 dpd also looking they can
6:40 provide tools for Mountain
6:41 Park locations as well as
6:43 right away Inforcement
6:46 services, additional services
6:48 which you will see in the data
6:52 here. They can also provide
6:55 jump starts for vehicles,
6:55 specifically city-owned
6:56 vehicles. They will clean up
6:59 debris when accidents occur.
7:02 And also transport Juncker
7:08 vehicles to So again, just to
7:11 give you a quick overview the
7:12 year least telling spending by
7:16 since inception of this
7:19 agreement. We We are currently
7:22 at 16.6, 7, 9 million dollars
7:26 of spend you will see in 2026
7:29 year to there is a different a
7:31 little watching quite a bit
7:34 from department of Safety in
7:35 2025. They actually uncovered
7:36 3.1 million. You'll see
7:38 they've only actually
7:40 encumbered 1.9 million. And
7:43 that is really around some
7:46 reductions as well as we only
7:48 asked agencies to uncover fund
7:50 up to the and date of the
7:52 agreement. So we go back on
7:55 SEPTEMBER one and with this
7:56 amendment being approve an ad
7:58 adding additional money,
7:58 incumbents MAY increase as
8:08 well. So a quick overview, 4
8:09 toes by the service provider.
8:12 Again, just to kind of refresh
8:14 everyone's This contract is
8:16 primarily with her come, which
8:17 is arch extreme towing and
8:20 recovery. However, they also
8:20 have forced I'm provide
8:22 service to the city under that
8:26 agreement. You'll see from
8:27 MAY. 25 through JUNE 2026. The
8:32 city has a total of 26,361
8:35 toes. And of those toes. The
8:36 lion's share of those are
8:39 actually going to extreme toll
8:43 towing and then pretty evenly
8:45 between Rajon cast iron for
8:47 the majority majority of
8:49 those. And then a sunny pt
8:50 towing also come pretty much
8:54 as well. So again, we can see
8:55 that idea putting some
8:57 contractors under this
8:58 agreement does provide and
9:01 allow for toes to be moved at
9:03 a higher rate speed rather
9:05 than just depending on one
9:11 vendor. So we want to provide
9:13 you all with some information
9:17 on the top 10 tow reason seat
9:18 reasons by all agencies over
9:20 this last year. And number one
9:25 is just a tow. Those can be
9:27 number of different variety of
9:28 Not a short term. Maybe it's
9:30 just from what this point a to
9:33 point b could be to the tow
9:37 yard or for some other MAY be
9:39 a city vehicle being
9:41 transported to Roslyn for
9:45 repair. We also have a number
9:46 to use the abandoned vehicles.
9:49 We have recovered in. Is a top
9:51 10. We do have accidents
9:56 coming in. Number 4, will see
9:56 that short toes, which are
9:58 primarily completed for
10:00 department of Transportation,
10:04 infrastructure. They have
10:06 street projects. They also
10:08 have a job. The bus lane told
10:09 that they need and just the
10:15 general as well. We do have in
10:16 pounds and arrests as well
10:17 some hit and also through the
10:23 data that we collect it. So to
10:25 break again, just a little bit
10:27 more on agency specific again,
10:29 Department of Safety, their
10:33 primary reason just a followed
10:36 by the abandoned vehicle and
10:39 recovered still again, you see
10:40 the accident and there and
10:41 again, we're seeing some the
10:43 hit and as well as some short
10:45 term is that they experience
10:46 as well. But what also
10:50 including expired plates and
10:51 towns that were vehicles that
10:53 were either used in a crime
10:59 for used as evidence. So
11:02 looking at the top 10 reasons
11:03 were Dottie again, not
11:05 surprisingly majority of those
11:06 are short toes. We really want
11:07 to break down the data to
11:08 understand what the reasons
11:12 are. Their street project Bank
11:14 Meter trap and obstruction
11:15 were blocking a driveway. This
11:16 helps Dottie as well as the
11:21 city really seem anywhere. Can
11:23 be some additional insight of
11:25 what we're looking for when
11:26 those 2 2 companies are
11:28 actually being called out,
11:31 you'll see a number item.
11:34 Number 4 is the stadium
11:35 impound. And again, makes very
11:38 much sense because if this
11:39 data is until JUNE that
11:42 starting the Bronco season, so
11:43 those him pounds from the
11:44 stadium are generally from
11:46 those tow during that whole
11:52 time. And one item just to
11:54 kind of call out is a no-go,
11:58 know goes are really looking
11:59 they were called out and there
12:01 was not a reason vehicle
12:03 needed to be told maybe
12:04 dinner. He left the scene or
12:05 they got their vehicle started
12:08 web or maybe they did not
12:13 require does be continued. So
12:16 want to quickly provide an
12:18 overview of the revisions of
12:22 the been items you will see
12:24 there are sections of pricing
12:28 that will be increased item
12:32 one, which was heavy toes. We
12:34 have 2 categories under 11,000
12:37 pounds and then a low over
12:39 1011 1000 pounds currently
12:40 under the current agreement
12:43 that expires end of the month.
12:46 Those rates are currently at
12:48 $190 per tell for under 11,000
12:51 and then the price increase to
12:55 $225 for anything over 11,000.
12:57 In negotiation with the vendor
13:03 and do economies such as gas
13:04 insurance, things of that
13:05 would leave. The city had
13:10 agreed to increase the rate 2,
13:12 $209 for anything under 11,000
13:15 pounds and over 11,000 pounds
13:20 would be $248. And then item
13:23 number 3, again, specifically
13:27 for heavy We look to item
13:28 anything under 11,000. There
13:29 will not be a change to that
13:34 propose rain and $60. But over
13:36 11,000 pounds of the current
13:39 rate is $225. And through
13:41 negotiations, we agreed upon
13:47 make everyone's awareness that
13:47 $248. I do just want to also
13:50 again, this is the final year
13:51 of the agreement. So years one
13:54 through 4, there were no price
13:54 increases from procurement
14:01 when it went out in 2021. So
14:05 again, just in summary, we are
14:06 here today to receive approval
14:07 from this body to move forward
14:11 with the amendment in the
14:14 amendment. We are requesting
14:17 and advocating to increase the
14:18 pricing items Exhibit e
14:21 increase the contract capacity
14:22 from 21.5 million to
14:24 23 million dollars and extend
14:25 the contract term through
14:30 AUGUST 31st. 2027. Timeline of
14:38 events. So questions. And for
14:38 the short presentation. We
14:42 have a couple people like you
14:42 strings. Councilmember
14:45 Huntsman, thank you. Committee
14:46 chair, thanks for
14:47 presentation. Looks like the
14:51 vast majority are pretty
14:52 straightforward. Insurrection
14:53 got to clear streets and so
14:54 that were my thoughts are
14:58 going. Senator lived in what
15:01 I'm wondering specifically
15:05 goes to tow company, go out on
15:07 a company or in the case like
15:08 are the company via
15:13 enforcement? You to think so.
15:17 The question COUNCILMAN, so
15:19 and company does not arrive
15:19 before. There is outrage
15:23 conducted. And with the
15:25 individuals that are
15:26 potentially living in that
15:27 unit. If that's been
15:31 determined that it Juncker
15:33 vehicle that does need to be
15:36 removed from the street
15:39 because it's Then those are
15:40 posted in accordance with the
15:44 with the ordinance. But there
15:45 is connection and the leaders,
15:47 the street engagement team.
15:49 Unfortunately, we don't have
15:51 anybody to answer that
15:53 specific question for But the
15:54 street engagement team does
15:58 connect and dpd is well versed
16:00 in that process and how that
16:03 works. And I'm so during
16:03 postgame situation that
16:07 contact is is made before
16:07 company ever arrives to clear
16:11 from the street. They're not
16:13 they're not directly having
16:13 that interaction with the
16:16 individuals that are they're
16:18 looking in that So are Are you
16:21 saying that? Thank Law
16:22 enforcement does not go out
16:23 with them or you're not sure
16:28 because I can ship safety.
16:30 Terrified. My whole thought
16:32 you know, can be a complicated
16:33 situation. So wondering if
16:35 these guys are just going
16:38 down, no matter what they'd
16:40 seen, law enforcement done
16:43 what they do and now they're
16:44 pulling the vehicle, Perry
16:44 theirs they have and the
16:45 authority to go. And maybe get
16:49 back to safety. So checking.
16:54 We from jumper perspective
16:56 because the rv disposal
16:59 program we've been listening
17:03 my team and so we always have
17:04 dpd on-site whenever we are
17:07 clearing unit from from the
17:09 right away. So it isn't
17:10 something that we would have a
17:11 tow company go out there
17:15 without an individual our
17:18 staff person, as well as Steve
17:19 Gonzales, who is the program
17:20 manager. Occasionally will be
17:24 on site as well. But typically
17:27 that is dpd that is there they
17:30 moving in. They're 2 different
17:30 ways that we move either.
17:34 We've run the vehicle impound
17:36 facility to sort await the
17:40 final designation of disposal
17:41 or it is something that can
17:42 not be towed and is just
17:43 impossible to safely remove
17:46 that from the right away. That
17:48 will dispose of it on in the
17:51 right away. Always try to get
17:52 it back to the vehicle and
17:53 facility is more
17:58 cost-effective for us and but
17:59 right away, demolition
18:01 occasionally does occur. Do
18:02 you have any idea? Are the
18:05 numbers of those situations
18:09 steady going up going United
18:13 this year as far as just are
18:16 parties coming into the
18:16 vehicle. Impound facility is