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7. Equipment Provided bv Prairieland. Prairieland shall provide a minimum of five (5) radio dispatched towing vehicles, dispatched from a manned point base station on a twenty-four (24) hour basis, seven (7) days per week. In addition to the foregoing, for snow emergency routes, Prairieland shall provide a minimum of five (5) radio dispatched towing vehicles on no less than five (5) hours notice provided by the City of the need thereof. Prairieland shall maintain at least one radio dispatched towing vehicle capable of lawfully towing commercial vehicles of fully loaded maximum road weight and a flatbed truck to transport vehicles incapable of being towed. !, Prairieland also shall provide or make provision for a "non-public"private telephone line between the communications center of the Decatur Police Department and Prairieland for emergency use. 8. Resuonse Time. Prairieland shall provide for radio dispatched towing vehicle average response time of no longer than twenty (20) minutes with a maximum of thirty (30) minutes, subject to reasonable requirements and potential emergencies and circumstances beyond the control of Prairieland. Requests by the City for towing and storage services hereunder shall take priority over other towing services of Prairieland, except towing services provided other law enforcement agencies or emergencies. 9. Prairieland Services.Upon the request of a sworn officer of the Decatur Police Department or other lawful impoundment officer, Prairieland shall remove and/or impound any vehicle, not owned or leased by the City, from the streets of the City or adjacent areas. Vehicles subject to holds placed thereon by the Decatur Police Department shall be stored by Prairieland subject to the reasonable direction of the Decatur Police Deparhnent or as may be directed by a court of competent jurisdiction. Vehicles towed and/or stored pursuant to the terms hereof, which vehicles are not subject to a "hold" placed thereon by the Decatur Police Department, shall be released in accordance with the provisions of§ 16 hereof. In addition, in the case of a vehicular collision or automobile accident, where the owner or operator, for whatever reason is incapacitated or otherwise incapable of approving a towing service, or the owner or operator does not request the services of a specific towing services company, and the Decatur Police Department is authorizing the provision of towing and/or storage services1 the Decatur Police Department will contact Prairieland�to perform the towing and/or storage services, and Prairieland shall provide such services. Prairieland also shall provide towing services for periodic Decatur Police Department auctions upon notice of not less than seventy-two (72) hours. Prairieland also will work diligently with the city in order to provide four (4) radio dispatched towing vehicles for the "Streets for Storage" program presently used by the City, which shall be on notice of not less than twenty-four (24) hours to Prairieland. Prairieland also shall provide towing services to the City for vehicles owned or leased by the City, which vehicles aze of a gross vehicle weight of less than 10,000 pounds, at no cost to the City. 10. Inspection. Upon not less than twenty-four (24) hours notice by the City, all —4— i