HomeMy WebLinkAbout23. 13-69FEBRUARY 12, 2013 13 -69 ORDINANCE
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PURPOSE: AMEND LIABILITY INSURANCE PROVISIONS 1 TAXICAB
LICENSING
INITIATED BY: CITY ADMINISTRATION
A GENERAL: ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OSHKOSH PERTAINING TO TAXICAB
LICENSING.
The Common Council of the City of Oshkosh do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That Section 22 -5 of the Oshkosh Municipal Code pertaining to
liability insurance is hereby repealed and recreated as follows
SECTION 22 -5 LIABILITY INSURACE
No license to operate a taxicab or business providing taxicab services shall be
issued unless and until the owner shall have filed with the City Clerk an insurance
policy issued by an insurance company licensed to do business in the State of
Wisconsin, providing insurance coverage for such taxicab services, with a
minimum liability of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence, for any
accident due to the operation of such vehicle /vehicles. Said policy shall also
include the City of Oshkosh, and its officers, council members, agents, employees
and authorized volunteers as additional insured. The policy shall be approved by
the City Attorney or his /her designee and shall contain a provision that the policy
may not be canceled before the expiration of its term except upon thirty (30) days'
written notice to the City Clerk.
SECTION 2. Publication Notice. Please take notice that the City of Oshkosh
enacted ordinance #13 -XXX (AMEND LIABILITY INSURANCE PROVISIONS / TAXICAB
LICENSING) on February 26, 2011 The ordinance increases liability insurance
requirements to $1 million per occurrence for taxicab operators licensed to operate in
the City of Oshkosh. The full text of the ordinance may be obtained at the Office of the
City Clerk, 215 Church Avenue and through the City's website at www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us.
Clerk's phone: 920/236 -5011.
of Oshkosh - Transportation Department
)empsey Trail, Oshkosh, WI 54902 (92C
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the Common Council
FROM: Christopher Strong, P.E., Director of Transportation
Lynn A. Lorenson, City Attorney
DATE: February 6, 2013
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ON THE WATER
(920) 232 -5343 fax
RE: AMEND LIABILITY INSURANCE PROVISIONS I TAXICAB LICENSING
BACKGROUND
Section 22 -5 of the Oshkosh Municipal Code stipulates liability insurance requirements for taxicab operators
who wish to be licensed to operate within the City of Oshkosh.
ANALYSIS
The liability limits were set at $1 million by Ordinance 02 -112 in March 2002, but were subsequently reduced
by the Common Council in 2006 to $500,000 under Ordinance 06 -245. The ordinance would restore the limits
to pre -2006 levels, which would be consistent with other City liability insurance requirements. In addition, the
language clarifies who the insurance certificate must include as additional insured.
At least two companies currently provide taxicab service within the City of Oshkosh, one of which also
provides contracted paratransit service for GO Transit. By contract, this operator has liability insurance limits
which equal those in the proposed ordinance.
City staff are not aware of a compelling reason why the liability insurance limits should be less for taxicab
operators than for other businesses for which the City requires liability insurance.
FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impact is foreseen for the City of Oshkosh. The proposed language change does not increase the
insurance requirements for GO Transit paratransit services, so it should not impact future bid prices.
RECOMMENDATION
We recommend approval of this amendment to the liability insurance provisions with respect to taxicab
licensure.
Respectfully submitted, Approved:
hristoph r tro , P.E. ALore o M ark A. Rohloff
Director of Transportation City Attorney City Manager
City of Oshkosh — Deparhnent of Transportation