[Code 1974 §7-201; CC 2000 §10-201; Ord. No. 1327 §1, 7-21-2010]
Any personal property recovered by the Police Department in
the course of its authorized duties and activities, or property abandoned
within the City and held by the Police Department, shall be deemed
abandoned property and shall be subject to sale or other disposition
if held by the City for more than forty-five (45) days and no claim
to the property is made.
[Code 1974 §7-202; CC 2000 §10-202; Ord. No. 1327 §1, 7-21-2010]
The Police Department may sell by auction, bid or private sale or otherwise dispose of any abandoned property as determined in Section 200.090.
[Code 1974 §7-203; CC 2000 §10-203; Ord. No. 1327 §1, 7-21-2010]
The Police Department shall keep an inventory listing of all
abandoned property and method of disposition for a period of twenty-four
(24) months following the date of disposition.
[Code 1974 §7-204; CC 2000 §10-204; Ord. No. 1327 §1, 7-21-2010]
Any proceeds from the sale of abandoned property as described
herein shall be deposited in the General Fund of the City.
[Ord. No. 756 §§1
— 3, 11-23-1988; CC 2000 §10-205]
A.
Establishment, Purpose And Intent. There is hereby established
a fund of the City Treasury entitled "Special Law Enforcement Trust
Fund". All deposits and expenditures from this account shall be in
conformity with the provisions of this Section. The purpose of this
fund is to provide a depository for monies forfeited to the City Police
Department pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 65-4135 and 65-4156
relating to controlled substance investigation forfeitures. Expenditures
from this fund shall be made only for authorized law enforcement purposes
of the Mission Police Department. Monies in the fund shall not be
used for normal operating expenses of the City or its Police Department.
B.
Deposits. Any monies forfeited to the City Police Department
pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. Supp. 65-4156, and any subsequent
amendments thereto, shall be deposited in the "Special Law Enforcement
Trust Fund".
C.
Expenditures.
1.
Monies in the trust fund shall be expended only upon approval of
the Governing Body and only for the following law enforcement purposes:
2.
No monies in the trust fund shall be used for payment of normal operating
expenses of the Police Department or for any other expense or non-law
enforcement expense of the City.
D.
Quarterly Report. The Police Department shall submit a quarterly
report to the Governing Body specifying the type and approximate value
of any forfeited property received and the amount of any proceeds
received. Neither the Police Department nor Governing Body shall anticipate
future forfeitures or proceeds therefrom in the adoption and approval
of its annual budgets.
E.
This
Section shall be construed and interpreted as follows:
Liberal construction. The provisions of this
Section shall be liberally construed to effectively carry out its
purposes which are hereby found and declared to be in furtherance
of the public health, safety, welfare and convenience.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection F, which provided that the
City Clerk/Finance Director and Police Chief were authorized and directed
to take all appropriate measures to establish and further the goals
and requirements of this Section, and which immediately followed this
Subsection, was repealed 6-18-2014 by Ord. No. 1399 §9.
