The Passenger Vehicle for Hire Board met on January 8, 2026, at 3:30 PM. The meeting included approval of minutes, driver permit renewals, a violation case against American Tow and Recovery, and recommendations for taxi rate increases. The board also discussed an ongoing lawsuit and procedural matters.
It's 330 on January 8th, 2026. I call the passenger vehicle for higher board to order. Want to welcome everyone. Happy New Year. Want to remind everyone that the application of the Sunsign Law is in effect. Do we have a motion to approve the minutes from last meeting? I'll make a motion. All in favor say aye. Motion carries. Did you miss all that? Yeah, we weren't ready. Oh sorry. I saw the time. Yeah. The motion uh carrying to um approve the meetings from the last meeting. The minutes from the last meeting. Inspector Moser. You ready? I do 30. You ready? Okay. Under all fees and paperwork paid and completed. Uh we have I'm sorry, under um new driver permits, temporaries issued. We have zero. Uh all fees of paperwork paid and completed with zero. Uh request for driver's permits, renewals. We had three of them, uh, one for Mercury Taxi, one for Nuga Taxi, and one for AV taxi. And all the fees and paperwork were paid and completed. We have a motion to approve the request for driver permits. I'll make that motion. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Motion carries. And an old business, the something that was passed. Section 35171, non-consent towing from private property for American tow and recovery. According to orders, the tow truck operator shall notify the Chinagan Police Department of any non-consent tow of a motor vehicle from a private property. The notice required by the subsection shall be sent electronically or telephonically within one hour making the non-consent tow of a motor vehicle from private property. Shall send written confirmation of the consent tow of a motor vehicle from private property within two days if the motor vehicles not claimed by the owner of record. Or the owner of records representative. Representative has reclaimed the motor vehicle. So under that, they were cited for uh failed to report non-consent tow or vehicle from private property by electronically or telephone. They did not call in and report the vehicle to Hamlet County 911 dispatcher. And so they were cited for that. Officer Grinninger as 1227. Responded to American Tow at 1625 Shepherd Road for a dispute over a towed vehicle. Initially there was a discrepancy over where the vehicle was towed from. The victim, Linda Coddle, stated she had left her town, left town on 916 around 1900 hours, which is 7 o'clock, if you don't know. And she had parked her Hyundai Lantra, Tennessee Tag at 975 Kroll Street. And when she returned on 928, the vehicle was gone.