The Mayor and Council have determined that from time to time
it is necessary to dispose of property owned by the Mayor and Council
or acquired by the Mayor and Council through abandonment, seizure
or other means.
As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the
meanings indicated:
ABANDONED PROPERTY
Any object acquired by the Mayor and Council through Police
Department investigative procedures or otherwise which remains unclaimed
by its legal owner for a period of 30 days or more after its acquisition
by the Mayor and Council.
PROPERTY
Includes any real or personal property, including but not
limited to land, bicycles, automobiles, trucks, equipment or other
such items.
[Amended 4-9-1990 by Ord. No. 358-90]
SURPLUS
Any property designated by a department head as being of
no further use or value to the department for which it was purchased
or otherwise acquired.
[Amended 4-9-1990 by Ord. No. 358-90]
A. City property. Any property owned by the Mayor and Council, upon
its being declared surplus, shall first be offered to the use of other
agencies or departments within the operation of the City to determine
whether such property is usable by another branch of the City government,
and, after such offering, such property having been declared surplus,
shall be offered to the general public for sale either at a public
auction, public or private sale or other disposition process as may
be designated by the Mayor and Council.
B. Other property. Disposal of other property, whether seized by the
police, abandoned within the City or otherwise acquired by the Mayor
and Council, shall be by public auction, public or private sale or
other disposition as may be designated by the Mayor and Council.
[Amended 4-9-1990 by Ord. No. 358-90]
No City employee shall be eligible to purchase a reserve surplus,
abandoned, seized or other property owned by the City except by public
sale.
[Amended 4-9-1990 by Ord. No. 358-90]
The Mayor and Council shall apply proceeds of any such sale
listed above first to the expenses of the sale, second to any known
lienholders who have made claim against any object being sold at sale,
and third to the general fund of the Mayor and Council.