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(a) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, the City Manager may authorize the sale, trade, or disposal by other means of surplus or obsolete supplies, materials and equipment no longer needed by the City with an estimated value of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) or less. All sales, trades or disposals of surplus or obsolete property must be advertised in a manner reasonably designed to reach prospective buyers, must be made available to the public and must be disposed of in a manner reasonably designed to obtain the highest price or benefit for the City. All departments of the City shall be notified of the availability of surplus or obsolete goods at least ten (10) business days prior to the goods being made available for purchase, trade or transfer to a non-City entity. The City Manager must make a written report to the City Council of all surplus or obsolete goods within thirty (30) days of sale, trade or disposal of surplus or obsolete goods.

(b) The sale, trade or disposal by other means of surplus or obsolete supplies, materials and equipment no longer needed by the City with an estimated value of greater than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) must be approved by resolution of the City Council.

(c) Collection materials removed by the Library Director pursuant to the library’s collection development policy may be sold, traded or otherwise disposed of in any manner deemed appropriate by the Library Director as long as the sale, trade or disposal is in the best interest of the library. Within thirty (30) days of the end of each fiscal year, the Library Director shall provide a full accounting to the City Manager and Council of all materials sold, traded or otherwise disposed of the prior fiscal year.

(d) Certain items in the possession of the Police Department, detailed below, may be disposed of at the direction of the Police Chief and pursuant to Department policy when determined by the Police Chief that the disposal is in the best interest of the City. The Police Chief shall provide a full written accounting to the City Manager and Council within thirty (30) days of disposal of the following items:

(1) Firearms in the possession of the Police Department that have either been purchased, obtained through forfeiture, are unclaimed property, or have otherwise come into the possession of the Police Department may be traded or sold by the Department through a competitive process to a licensed firearms dealer, and may be exchanged for other firearms, law enforcement equipment, or supplies.

(2) Various other law enforcement related equipment and supplies (examples: Tasers, Taser cartridges, body cameras, portable breath testers, batons, less lethal equipment, munitions, police radios, etc.) that have been determined to be surplus may be sold or traded. Such items may also be sold, traded, or donated to other government entities.

(3) Bicycles in the possession of the Police Department that have been purchased, obtained through forfeiture, are unclaimed property, or have otherwise come into the possession of the Police Department may be donated by the Department to local charitable organizations that have expressed interest.

(e) All ethical and conflict of interest provisions provided by City ordinance, resolution, policy, or regulation must be fully complied with in all sales, trades, or disposals.

(Ord. 2852-2015, Repealed and Reenacted Ord. 3001-2018; Ord. 3297-2022)