Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in
this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection,
except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
The term "surplus Village property" means that property which
is owned by the Village and which has no further usefulness to the
Village. An item of property shall be considered to have no further
usefulness when:
Land or buildings but shall include fixtures and such salvage
as may be taken from a building without structural damage when such
fixtures and salvage are not part of a demolition contract;
Whenever an item of Village property is determined to be surplus
Village property on the basis that the Village no longer performs
the service for which the item was purchased, the Village Board shall
determine whether or not the item is surplus Village property.
Whenever the fair market value of an item is more than $500 and the Village Board has determined, pursuant to Subsection B of this section, that the item is surplus Village property, the department head responsible for the items shall dispose of the property by:
In the event of a public auction or sale by sealed bid, the item
will be sold in "as-is" condition to the person submitting the highest
bid; provided, however, that a lower bid submitted by a nonprofit
organization or governmental agency may be accepted by the Village
Board. The department head responsible for the items shall determine
the time in which the successful bidder must remove the item. In the
event that the item is not removed within that time, the item shall
revert to the Village and the amount of the bid shall be forfeited
to the Village. In the event no bids are received, the item shall
be disposed of as directed by the Village Board.
No public auction or awarding of bids shall occur under this chapter
unless a description of the item to be sold and an advance notice
of the time and place for such auction or bid submission is first
published as a Class 2 notice in the official Village newspaper.
Whenever the fair market value of an item is $500 or less and the Village Board has determined, pursuant to the previous section, that it is surplus Village property, the item shall either be disposed of as set forth in Subsection C.2 of this section or destroyed.
Determination of fair market values. Whenever this chapter requires
a determination of the fair market value of an item of property, that
determination shall be made by the department head responsible for
the property, whose decision shall be final.
Except for library materials used by the public library for lending
purposes, only the Village Board may dispose of Village property which
is not surplus Village property.
Whenever this section provided for an auction or other disposition
of any property, the Village Board shall be authorized to hire an
auctioneer or take such other action as is necessary to properly dispose
of the property; provided, however, that the fees of such auctioneer
and all such costs, other than those for Village labor and the use
of Village property, do not exceed the payment received by the Village
from the auction or sale of the property.