Chapter 3.25
DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS PERSONAL PROPERTY

Sections:

3.25.010    Disposal of surplus personal property.

3.25.010 Disposal of surplus personal property.

A. No city-owned personal property, except personal property that is consumed in normal operations, shall be disposed of or released to ownership by anyone other than the city, unless the transaction is in compliance with this chapter.

B. Whenever city-owned personal property is surplus, unused, obsolete, unsuitable or otherwise no longer needed, the department head having control of such property shall promptly notify the city manager or a designee. The city manager or a designee shall then notify other city departments of the availability of such property. The city manager or a designee shall supervise the transfer of such property to the department requesting the property and adjust the city inventory control to document the transfer. If no use can be made of the property or is expected to be made within the reasonably foreseeable future, the property shall be disposed of as provided below.

C. Personal Property Exceeding $2,000. The city manager or a designee shall prepare and present a listing to the city council of all city-owned personal property with an estimated value of equal to or exceeding $2,000 which is deemed no longer needed by the city and which can be declared surplus by resolution of the city council. The city manager or a designee shall proceed to sell such surplus property based on the highest and best economic return to the city. The highest and best economic return to the city, as referred to above, shall be determined by one or more of the following methods: (1) advertised competitive bid; (2) evaluation by a qualified and disinterested appraiser; (3) other professional publication and valuation service; or (4) an informal market survey by the city manager or a designee. The city manager shall determine the best forum for the sale of the personal property so long as a notice of the sale has been posted in three public places 10 days prior to the event. Monetary proceeds from the sale or other disposition of such property pursuant to this section shall be credited to the general fund.

D. Personal Property Below $2,000. All personal property with value of $2,000 or less as estimated by the city manager or designee may be disposed of at the discretion of the city manager or a designee with consent of the mayor after compliance with subsection B of this section. Disposal of personal property may include, but is not limited to, donating property to charity, or transferring property to a salvage or junk yard, or landfill. [Ord. O-21-2024 § 2 (Exh. A); Ord. O-22-2005 § 1; Ord. O-09-2004 § 1].