(A) Any items of personal or real property belonging to the county, which are declared by the County Administrator to be obsolete or surplus, may be sold to the highest responsible bidder by advertising for sealed bids or by public auction. Surplus property, in the discretion of the Administrator, may be transferred to other county agencies or transferred to or loaned to entities supported by county funds; in addition, at the discretion of the County Administrator, surplus property may also be traded in or exchanged for other property needed by the county. In connection with the sale of surplus property, the Purchasing Director shall ensure that the procedures described in this section are followed, according to the estimated dollar salvage value of the goods to be sold. Vehicle or heavy equipment trade-ins must be approved by County Council, or its designee.
(Ord. 01-02-04, passed 1-7-2004)
(B) The county has determined that the value of used computer equipment after 3 or more years of use is generally less than $100, and there is a risk that confidential county data will be released to the public if computers are sold in the same manner as other surplus county property. If the County Administrator determines that a computer, and its peripherals has reached the end of its useful life to the county and is surplus property, and he or she determines that it has an anticipated surplus sale value of $100 or less, then the County Administrator may authorize the department heads or elected officials to let their employees who used that computer equipment to purchase it, for personal use only, for the value determined, provided that the employee assumes the responsibility for removing all county data from the computer before removing from the county and signs an agreement that the computer equipment will not be resold as all or further transferred outside of his or her immediate family.
(C) The County Administrator is authorized to investigate the advantages to the county of selling any of its surplus equipment and property (personal and real) via an appropriately competitive internet sales mechanism, and he or she is authorized to enter into preliminary contracts for the sale of select surplus property, so that he or she can investigate the efficacy of such methods of selling surplus property, including surplus heavy equipment, and report on same to Council. If such methods prove to be advantageous to the county, then further sales via the internet may be authorized by Council.
(Am. Ord. 10-41-05, passed 10-19-2005; Am. Ord. 10-42-06, passed 11-15-2006; Am. Ord. 5-14-2022, passed 7-6-2022)