Items of personal property (materials, supplies, parts and equipment)
owned by the City may from time to time need to be disposed of due
to obsolescence, wear and tear, partial destruction, etc. To protect
the public interest, the disposition of such property shall be controlled
by the following administrative procedures:
A.
Procedure for declaring property surplus.
(1)
Department heads shall periodically submit to the City Manager an
inventory of all personal property and scrap material which has outlived
its usefulness to their department.
(2)
Periodically the Comptroller shall circulate to all department heads
a list of all such surplus property to determine if there is any need
for the City to retain such property.
B.
Procedure for disposing of surplus personal property.
(1)
After the Comptroller has determined that there is no need for the
property, he shall cause to be advertised in the newspaper of record
at least once each week for two weeks a notice listing or describing
the property to be disposed of and the method of disposal.
(2)
Surplus personal property so advertised shall be disposed of either
at public auction or by sealed bid.
(3)
These procedures are not intended to control the disposition of abandoned
vehicles (regulated by the Vehicle and Traffic Law and regulations
of the Department of Motor Vehicles) or real property.
(4)
Surplus personal property may be sold directly to other governmental
agencies without recourse to bidding or auction. Such sales shall
only be subject to City Council approval.
