(a) Subject to division (b) of this section, all products, byproducts, and materials resulting from the operation of municipal departments, including without limitation grease and tankage manufactured by the Division of Waste Collection and Disposal, and rags, waste paper, bottles and scrap metal accumulated by the Division of Streets, shall be sold by the Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies at such times and in such manner as may be directed by the Board of Control.
(b) All materials collected by the City or its contractor pursuant to the City’s curbside recycling program may be sold by the Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies to the highest bidder after a full and complete canvass performed by the Director of Public Service. The Director of Public Service shall provide to the Board of Control on a monthly basis a complete listing of all sales agreements entered into pursuant to this division (b).
(c) All contracts for and sales of the products, byproducts, and materials described in division (a) of this section shall be advertised and awarded in the same manner as are purchases of like amount. However, if no satisfactory bids are received following advertisement as herein provided, the director of the department having charge of the products, byproducts or materials is hereby empowered, when so directed by the Board of Control to employ the customarily commercial methods used in private enterprise of a like nature to secure for the City the benefit of a satisfactory contract.
(Ord. No. 934-91. Passed 5-20-91, eff. 5-28-91)