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Town of Montville, CT
New London County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Montville as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Funds — See Ch. 55.
[Adopted 4-9-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-5]
The purpose of this article is to establish a procedure, pursuant to Section 7-148(c)(3)(A) of the Connecticut General Statutes, for the disposal of surplus personal property in the most appropriate manner that returns the value of that property to the Town. The disposal of surplus personal property shall be handled according to this procedure.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
SURPLUS PERSONAL PROPERTY
Any personal property that no longer has a business purpose but is still usable.
A. 
Each Town department, board, commission or agency shall conduct an annual inventory of personal property under its jurisdiction. Whenever any Town department, board, commission or agency determines that any article of personal property under its jurisdiction is no longer useful for its purposes and should be disposed of, it shall notify the Finance Director and the Mayor with a description of such property.
B. 
The Finance Director and the Mayor have the authority to deem property as surplus.
C. 
The Town department, board, commission or agency will collaborate with the Finance Director to determine the most effective method for the disposal of surplus personal property. Dispositions may take the form of sale, auction, exchange, trade-in, donation, scrap or by any other means deemed reasonable.
D. 
The Finance Director and the Mayor shall have final approval of the method of the disposal of surplus personal property.
E. 
All proceeds from the sale of surplus personal property shall be deposited in the General Fund of the Town.