§ 3.12.040. Disposition of surplus property.

Pursuant to Government Code Section 25504, the purchasing agent may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any personal property belonging to the county and determined by the board of supervisors to be no longer required for public use. The purchasing agent shall attempt to obtain fair value for all surplus property disposed of unless such property is being disposed of as trash. He or she shall provide at least ten days' published public notice of any intended sales or leases of surplus property which has a combined value in excess of one thousand dollars. No single item valued at more than two hundred dollars shall be sold or leased without the same amount of advance public notice. Individual items valued at more than five hundred dollars shall only be sold at public auction and/or by sealed bid. Neither the purchasing agent nor any other county employee who has participated in the process of dispensing of said property shall be eligible to purchase or lease such property.

(Ord. 1207 §1(part), 1996)