[Ord. No. 90-38 §20-130, 4-18-1990; Ord. No. 93-23 §1, 4-7-1993]
A. The City
of Bridgeton is hereby authorized to obtain, take and receive all
money and property authorized by any State or Federal law, to be forfeited
to or for the benefit of the City of Bridgeton.
B. The Mayor
is hereby empowered to authorize the initiation of or participation
in any legal proceedings by the City necessary or appropriate to effectuate
the City's rights with respect to any forfeiture of any property.
C. The Administrative
Assistant is hereby authorized and empowered to receive any funds
or property forfeited to or for the benefit of the City and to take,
manage and dispose of such money or property as provided by law.
D. The Administrative
Assistant is hereby authorized and empowered to sell, on behalf of
the City, any forfeited property which may be received by the City,
at public auction, advertised at least one (1) week prior to such
auction. The Administrative Assistant shall obtain from each person
purchasing any item at such auction, a receipt for each item purchased,
containing a description of the item or items, the amount paid for
each item and the name and address of the purchaser.
E. The Administrative
Assistant shall place all funds received by the City as forfeited
property, or from the sale of forfeited property, in appropriate accounts
of the City.
F. All forfeited
funds or funds from forfeited property received by the City shall
be paid into the general revenues of the City, unless the applicable
law or court order relating to such forfeited funds or property requires
the use thereof for a specified purpose. Any forfeited funds, property,
or proceeds thereof required by law to be used for a specified purpose
are herein called Special Purpose Property or Funds. The City shall
use Special Purpose Property or Funds only for the purposes specified
in the law authorizing the City to receive such forfeited funds or
property.
G. The Administrative
Assistant, with the approval of the Mayor, may approve the use or
expenditure of any Special Purpose Property or Funds for the purpose
specified by law, in an amount or value not to exceed three thousand
dollars ($3,000.00). Authorization of the use or expenditure of Special
Purpose Property or Funds in an amount or value of more than three
thousand dollars ($3,000.00) shall be made by the City Council by
resolution or ordinance.
H. The Administrative
Assistant and all other appropriate Officers of the City are authorized
and empowered to sign any applications, documents, or other papers
and to do any and all things necessary or appropriate to obtain any
forfeited funds or property on behalf of the City.
I. In the
event the Bridgeton Police Force shall participate in any multi-jurisdictional
law enforcement activity, unit or agency, and the operations of such
multi-jurisdictional force shall result in the forfeiture of any money
or other property, and if the governing law providing for such forfeiture
authorizes the transfer of such forfeited property to the agency which
participated in the seizure or forfeiture of the property, and if
there is a governing body of such multi-jurisdictional agency to administer
the use and expenditure of such forfeited property in accordance with
the law, then such forfeited property may be transferred to such multi-jurisdictional
agency for its use and disposition. The Bridgeton Mayor, Administrative
Assistant, Chief of Police and City Attorney are authorized to execute
any and all documents and do any and all things necessary or appropriate
to effect the transfer of such property to such multi-jurisdictional
force, unit or agency.