(A) The City Council shall act upon the request of the Chief of Police within not less than 60 days after receipt of the request and not more than 180 days after receipt of the request.
(B) If the City Council authorizes the Chief of Police to give the property to the Sheriff, the Chief of Police shall deliver the property to the Sheriff within ten days.
(C) If the City Council authorizes the Chief of Police to dispose of the property pursuant to this chapter, the Chief of Police shall conduct a sale in the manner provided in division (D) below.
(D) The Chief of Police shall publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the counties not less than five days before the proposed sale of the property. The notice shall describe the property, including money, and shall state the time and place of the public sale at which the property may be purchased by the highest bidder. The Chief of Police may obtain an appraisal to determine whether money, because of age, origin, metal content or value as a collector’s item has a value other than its face value. Money which does not have a value other than its face value shall not be subject to the public sale provisions contained in this section. Until the date of the sale, the property may be claimed at the office of the Chief of Police. If ownership of the property is proved, the property shall be turned over to the owner and the sale shall be canceled insofar as the claimed property is concerned.
(Ord. 91, passed 12-3-1985)