City agrees to plan for towing abandoned vehicles

The city is finally prepared to begin towing abandoned, unlicensed and inoperable vehicles.

At Tuesday's meeting, the city council approved a year long contract with Affordable Towing for this purpose—although some council members were perturbed that the council was advised to accept the only bid submitted.

The original bid included specifications that the tow company must provide an area to store the vehicles. The only bidder then suggested to the city that Sidney store the vehicles on its own property to save some money. These changes irked some of the other towing companies in the area who...