The City Manager is hereby granted the authority and responsibility to provide for the orderly disposition of surplus Municipal property. The authority and responsibility shall be exercised in the following manner:
(a) The City Manager shall periodically prepare an itemized list of surplus Municipal personal property which is no longer useful or necessary for any current Municipal purpose. The list shall be in such form so as to separately list all items determined by the City Manager (or appropriate Appointee) to have a fair market value of more than three thousand dollars ($3,000), and all items determined by the City Manager (or appropriate Appointee) to have a fair market value of three thousand dollars ($3,000) or less.
(b) For those items on the surplus property list that have been determined to have a fair market value of three thousand dollars ($3,000) or less, the City Manager shall dispose of the property upon such terms and conditions as the City Manager shall deem to be appropriate and in the best interests of the City.
(c) For those items on the surplus property list that have been determined to have a fair market value of more than three thousand dollars ($3,000), the City Manager shall submit a list of items to be disposed of to the City Council for approval by motion, and the items shall be disposed of in one of the following ways:
(1) Sealed bids after advertising at least one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the City or after advertising for at least one (1) week on the City's website.
(2) Public auction after advertising at least one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the City or after advertising for one (1) week on the City's website.
(3) Through a commercial or government auction website with simultaneous announcement in a newspaper of general circulation in the City or on the City's website.
(4) Trade-in on the purchase of replacement product.
(5) Pursuant to a sale or trade to another governmental agency as set forth in subsection (e) hereinafter.
(d) If, during preparation of the surplus Municipal personal property list, the City Manager determines that certain Municipal personal property has little or no value, the City Manager is authorized to cause such property to be properly recycled, disposed of or sold as scrap.
(e) The City Manager may sell or trade surplus Municipal property to another governmental agency, without the necessity of advertising, bids or auction sale, pursuant to the following procedure:
(1) The City Manager shall notify City Council of the property to be sold or traded, its estimated fair market value, and the consideration to be received for the property.
(2) If the estimated fair market value of the property is greater than three thousand dollars ($3,000), City Council must approve the transaction by motion.
(Ord. 11-45 AC CMS. Passed 7-5-11.)