Source:
Sacramento BeeSacramento's "crash tax" appears headed for the breakdown lane.
The City Council voted 5-4 Tuesday night to place an item on a future agenda that would repeal the program, which would slap charges on out-of-town drivers who cause auto wrecks in the city requiring a response from the Fire Department.
... The fee was scheduled to go into effect last week, but a procedural hiccup delayed the program's start and brought it to the council on Tuesday.
City staffers had asked the council to
suspend competitive bidding and settle on Roseville-based Fire Recovery USA as the city's billing agent for the fee. Under a proposed contract, Fire Recovery USA would have taken 17 percent of the fees collected.
But suspending competitive bidding requires a two-thirds vote from the council – or six of nine votes.
Read more:
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/03/02/3442136/sacramento-takes-step-to-repeal.html