(a) City officials, officers and employees shall not claim ownership of give away, recover, or salvage any materials abandoned, disposed of or stored upon City premises. City Officials, officers and employees shall not obtain property or the proceeds from the disposal of property designated for disposal as trash, scrap, or as recyclables. This prohibition includes giving any such property or proceeds to any person or party other than for the duly authorized benefit and interest of the City, or authorizing any other person or party to accept, receive or take any such surplus property to benefit their own interest, except as provided herein.
(b) The City Manager, or their designee, shall have the authority to dispose of any surplus real property, including vehicles and boats, which has an estimated market value of less than $2,500, as determined by the City Manager or their designee.
(c) If the surplus real property, including vehicles and boats has an estimated market value of $2,500.01 or more, the City Manager, or their designee, is hereby authorized to dispose of such goods by any of the following procedures:
(1) Exchanged or traded in on new goods;
(2) Sold utilizing competitive procedures similar to those prescribed herein for open market procurement;
(3) Sold at public auction conducted by a professional auctioneer;
(4) Sold utilizing a negotiation process when the City Manager, or their designee, deems that such process is in the best interests of the City;
(5) Disposed of as scrap material or destroyed if no resale value exists; or
(6) Donated to a non-profit organization or other public entity following a City Council determination that such donation serves a public purpose.
(Ord. 247, passed 5-8-2024)