OXFORD — At last week’s selectmen’s meeting, wrecker service owners Justin and Wayne Robichaud addressed the board to call attention to an alleged imbalance of town business awarded to the four wrecker companies operating in town.

They pointed out that in the past calls for car towing or removal were rotated among all the service providers but that since 2022 one has been granted about 90% of the police department’s business.

“We’d like to ask selectmen to put in an ordinance for towing so it’s done fairly between all the companies,” Wayne Robichaud explained. “I’ve done a lot of work, reading other towns’ ordinance and have written a draft for consideration.

“It used to be on rotation, but now they call who they want, when they want. We’ve all invested money and we all pay our taxes.”

Board Chair Floyd Thayer asked that Robichaud leave his draft copy for Town Manager Adam Garland and told him they would review the situation, the ordinance draft and will take the matter up for consideration at a future meeting. Garland will notify the interested parties when the request is added to the meeting agenda.

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