ARTICLE B. PERSONAL PROPERTY
SECTION:
3-3B-3: Trade-In Of Personal Property
3-3B-4: Cash Sales Required – Exceptions
3-3B-5: Personal Property – Statutory Exceptions
3-3B-1 SALE AUTHORITY:
The city council shall by resolution authorize the sale or disposal of personal property of the city, including supplies, materials and equipment, if the city council finds that such property is not needed at present or in the foreseeable future and is no longer of value or use to the city. (Ord. 819, 4-28-2008; Ord. 917, 10-13-2014)
3-3B-2 METHOD OF DISPOSITION:
A. If the estimated value of the surplus property is five hundred dollars ($500.00) or less, the mayor may dispose of the property by informal procedures in any manner deemed to be in the city’s best interests.
B. If the surplus property has an estimated value greater than five hundred dollars ($500.00), it may be disposed of in one of the following methods:
1. Public auction;
2. Solicitation of written bids;
3. Negotiated sale to one or more buyers designated by the city council;
4. Exchange with another agency of government for cash or items of like value to the city;
5. Trade-in upon the purchase of a like article; or
6. Donation, but if and only if no other method of disposal has been successful. (Ord. 819, 4-28-2008; Ord. 917, 10-13-2014)
3-3B-3 TRADE-IN OF PERSONAL PROPERTY:
A. The mayor may elect either the sale or the "trade-in" of used personal property upon the purchase of new, similar personal property.
B. If the mayor elects to trade-in used personal property he or she shall include in a call for bids for the new equipment a notice that the city has, for sale or trade-in, used equipment of a specific type and description which will be sold or traded in on the same day and hour that bids on the new equipment are opened. Any bidder on the new equipment may include in his offer to sell an offer to accept the used equipment as a part payment of the new equipment purchase price, setting forth the amount of such allowance.
C. Persons wishing to bid on the purchase of the used property only may submit a bid for such purchase independent of a bid on the new equipment.
D. In determining the lowest and best bid on the new equipment, the city shall consider the net cost to the city of such new equipment after trade-in allowances have been deducted.
E. The city may accept the new equipment bid of any bidder, without trading in the old equipment, but may not require any bidder to purchase the used equipment without awarding the bidder the new equipment contract.
F. The mayor may accept an independent offer to purchase the used equipment rather than allowing a trade-in, if that is most cost effective to the city. (Ord. 819, 4-28-2008; Ord. 917, 10-13-2014)
3-3B-4 CASH SALES REQUIRED – EXCEPTIONS:
Sales of personal property must be for cash, credit card or debit card, except as follows:
A. When property is exchanged with another governmental agency;
B. When the city property is to be traded in on the purchase of a like article, the proposed cash allowance for the trade-in must be a part of the proposition to be submitted by the seller in the transaction. (Ord. 819, 4-28-2008; Ord. 917, 10-13-2014)
3-3B-5 PERSONAL PROPERTY – STATUTORY EXCEPTIONS:
Certain city ordinances and provisions of the Revised Code of Washington impose special conditions for the disposition of municipal property. Where necessary, city officials shall comply with those laws, treating them as limited exceptions to this chapter. Exceptions include, but are not limited to, chapter 35.94 RCW (Surplus Utility Property) and chapter 39.33 RCW (Alternate Method for Intergovernmental Disposition of Property). (Ord. 819, 4-28-2008; Ord. 917, 10-13-2014)