(A) Subject to the provisions of this section, the City Manager may sell surplus or obsolete supplies, material, or equipment belonging to the city. No sale shall be made under this section until the City Council has declared the supplies, material, or equipment involved to be surplus or obsolete.
(B) Except as otherwise provided in division (D) below, the City Manager shall advertise any sale under this section in a newspaper of general circulation in the city or in such other manner as he or she deems necessary adequately to reach prospective buyers to give them an opportunity to make bids. All bids shall be sealed and shall be opened in public at a designated time and place, except when the sale is by auction. The City Manager may repeatedly reject all bids and advertise again. He or she shall sell such supplies, materials, or equipment to the highest responsible bidder, and if necessary, shall cast lots in case of a tie to determine to whom to sell. The City Manager may sell the following without giving an opportunity for competitive bidding: surplus or obsolete supplies, materials, or equipment the total value of which does not exceed an amount to be set by the City Council from time to time in a single transaction.
(Prior Code, § 33.035)
Charter reference:
City Manager authorized to sell surplus or obsolete supplies, material or equipment subject to regulations prescribed by Council, see Charter § 26
Procedure for sale of property valued at more than $10,000, see Charter § 27