Master Operator’s License up for Discussion in Fairbanks

October 11, 2011

Fairbanks Council members will meet tomorrow to discuss the possibility of requiring a Master Operator’s license from towing companies who wish to provide services to the city. This would be in addition to the already required Fairbanks, AK business license.

The city is looking to compose a list of available towing companies for rotating services when the need arises. In order to get onto the list, towing companies will have to apply for the license and pay a $250 fee twice a year.

“If we are going to assist people in an accident, and if they are going to request a tow, then we want to have companies on a list in which we know what the fees are going to be,” Mayor Jerry Cleworth said.

In order to qualify for the Fairbanks, AK Master Operator’s License, towing companies will have to abide by a number of guidelines. Dorothy Chomicz describes those in The NewsMiner. “Towing companies wishing to be on the rotation list also must commit to a maximum response time of no more than 30 minutes from the time of the call-out, be available 24 hours a day and maintain insurance as required by the city.”

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