[Ord. of 1-12-1998(2)]
All departments and offices of the City shall, upon request,
submit to the Director of Finance a list of all surplus, obsolete
or worn out items of personal property which should be disposed of.
The City Manager, or designee, shall have the authority to transfer
such items to other departments or offices of the City, to exchange
or trade in such items on new items being purchased or to hold the
items for periodic sale as set forth in the following section.
[Ord. of 1-12-1998(2)]
(a)
The City Manager shall have the authority to dispose of as scrap
any items of surplus, obsolete or worn out personal property not suitable
for sale if the cost of storage and sale exceeds the value of such
items. The City Manager shall have the authority to order a sale at
public auction of any items of surplus, obsolete or worn out personal
property suitable for sale if the cost of storage and sale is not
expected to exceed the value of such items. Sales at public auction
shall be held after at least 10 calendar days' notice in a newspaper
of general circulation in the City and such other notice as is deemed
advisable.
[Amended 11-14-2011]
(b)
The following persons may not purchase surplus City property at public
auctions: The City Manager, department heads, their spouses or children.
(c)
City Council may make special dispensation of individual items, if
in its opinion, such dispensation is in the public interest.
