§ 4-202. SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS PERSONAL PROPERTY.

(a)

The City Manager and/or the Purchasing Manager may declare as surplus to the city's needs any item of personal property owned by the city free of liens and encumbrances whenever he or she finds that such item has an estimated value equal to or less than the amount for which advertised bidding is required by Section 1208(a) of the Charter, and that such item is no longer needed for use by any department or office of the city or has become unfit or unsuitable for further use by any such department or office because of age, wear, damage, or obsolescence.

(b)

The Purchasing Manager may sell any property declared surplus pursuant to subsection (a), at public or private sale with or without notice or bids, for the highest price the Purchasing Manager can obtain, and may contract, in the name of and on behalf of the city, with a licensed auctioneer for the purpose of effecting any such sale. However, prior to disposal of surplus vehicles to the public, the Purchasing Manager, upon request and in accordance with the policies and procedures established by the Purchasing Manager, may offer surplus vehicles to tax exempt charitable nonprofit corporations for sale at fair market value, less any savings realized by direct sale.

(c)

As an alternative means of disposition of any property declared surplus pursuant to subsection (a), the Purchasing Manager may transfer any of such property to another governmental agency or to a quasi-public agency by negotiated sale, exchange, loan, or gift; provided, that gifts hereunder to any agency shall not exceed a total of one hundred dollars in estimated value during any twelve-month period. "Quasi-public agency," as used in this subsection, means and is limited to a tax exempt nonprofit corporation which is currently engaged in a public project financed in whole or in part by public funds pursuant to contract or grant agreement with a governmental agency, and the assets of which corporation upon dissolution will not be distributable to or for any private person or purpose.

(d)

The proceeds of any sales of property pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the city, except where established accounting procedures require deposit of such proceeds in some special fund of the city, and except as provided in subsection (e).

(e)

The proceeds of any sales of surplus personal property acquired at any time by the city for the Meux Home shall be paid to the Meux Home Corporation. The Purchasing Manager's sale or other disposition of such items shall be subject to the prior review and approval of the Parks and Recreation Director.

(f)

Council finds that retired police dogs of the Police Department's K-9 unit have no value to the City of Fresno and are a financial liability and detriment. Accordingly, said police dogs may be returned to the original supplier, the animal's handler or former handler without compensation. This subsection constitutes an exception to this Section.

(g)

The Purchasing Manager may direct the destruction of any property declared surplus pursuant to subsection (a) whenever he or she further finds that the item has no value, is not usable by any other governmental agency or quasi-public agency, is not appropriate for public or private sale, and, if the item is a retired police dog of the Police Department's K-9 unit, that the alternative dispositions in subsection (f) are unavailable.

(Rep. and added Ord. 5314, 1958, based on former Sec. 3-302; Am. Ord. 69-18, 1969; Am. Ord. 79-99, § 2, eff. 7-6-79; Am. Ord. 80-57, § 2, eff. 5-9-80; Am. Ord. 95-75, § 1, eff. 11-10-95; Am. Ord. 2000-12, §§ 1, 3, eff. 3-3-00; Am. Ord. 2002-65, §§ 1, 2, eff. 1-14-03; Am. Ord. 2004-1, § 1, eff. 2-8-04; Am. Ord. 2007-96, § 3, eff. 1-19-08).