A. The Purchasing Officer shall be responsible for disposing of all surplus, abandoned, stolen and recovered property.
B. Surplus property shall be disposed of by a method determined by the Purchasing Officer to be of the most value and in the City's best financial interest; however, property acquired through federal or state funds must be disposed of in accordance with the requirements of the funding agency, if applicable. The following disposal methods may be used for surplus property:
1. Auctions or sealed bids. The Purchasing Officer may dispose of surplus property via a competitive sale to the public, generally through a sealed bid or auction.
2. Transfer from one City division to another. Upon receipt of notice of the condemned property, the Purchasing Officer shall first attempt to transfer the property to another City division.
3. Transfer to not-for-profit entity. Upon receipt of notice of the condemned property, the Purchasing Officer may attempt to dispose of surplus property to a not-for-profit entity by gift.
4. Transfer to another government entity. By resolution or ordinance, the City may dispose of surplus property to another governmental entity by gift, sale, trade or barter.
5. Trading in for new purchase. The Purchasing Officer may bargain with vendors for the trading in of condemned property as an offset or allowance on the purchase of other property, provided all vendors are given an equal opportunity to view and appraise the condemned property for such purpose.
6. Transfer of partnered police dogs to retired peace officers. Upon the honorable retirement of a peace officer from the City of Culver City Police Department, the Purchasing Officer may authorize the conveyance of that peace officer's Department partnered police dog on behalf of and for resale to the retiring peace officer at no cost or below fair market value.
(Ord. 2018-008 § 1 (part))