The City of St. Louis resumed booting and towing vehicles with delinquent parking tickets for the first time since 2018, collecting more than $50,000 and booting nearly 30 vehicles in the first week and a half, according to FirstAlert4. City Treasurer Adam Layne said, "That was going light," and noted that any vehicle with four or more matured tickets is eligible; towing costs $100 plus $25 per day in storage.
Operator takeaway
Seven years of dormant enforcement and $10.7 million in uncollected fines. If your city has a similar backlog, this is the proof that the revenue is there when a treasurer decides to act. Operators with municipal towing contracts should be watching for similar restarts in their markets.