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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No. ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: Apri16, 1999 SUBJECT: County Auction 1999 DEPARTMENT: Purchasing & Central Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/l~ Public Works ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Jones, Purchasing, Wilbert McAdoo, PW Resolution TELEPHONE NUMBERS: - - ezt. 2650 or 2626 Auction Listing Hillsborough 732-8181 Tabulation Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 227-2031 PURPOSE: To declaze as surplus the items on the attached list, and to adopt a resolution authorizing the Director of Purchasing and Central Services to conduct an auction of those personal property items declazed surplus or confiscated. BACKGROUND: General Statute 160A-270(b) requires this procedure to dispose of surplus personal property. The County will make all personal computers available to both the Chapel Hill- Carrboro Schools and the Orange County Schools prior to the auction. Quotations were solicited from local auctioneers with Bob Crawford Auction Service of Hillsborough North Carolina submitting the lowest responsible fee (2%). A tabulation of the results is enclosed. The auction will be held on Saturday, May 15, 1999 at the Public Works Department located on Highway 86, Hillsborough. By statute, a notice of the Auction will appeaz in the paper thirty days prior to the date of the sale. The County will also advertise in the Durham, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough newspapers. Advertisements will appeaz in the Sunday paper one week prior to the sale and will provide a complete listing of items. A reminder ad will appear in the Durham and Chapel Hill Newspapers on Friday May 21, 1999 and Saturday May 22, 1999. The auctioneer will format and print sale handbills. The auctioneer will circulate the handbills in a manner that would provide the best coverage. Copies of the handbill will also be mailed to persons who have requested copies. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Funds generated from the sale of surplus personal property goes to Orange County. Funds for the sale of abandoned and confiscated property is to be evenly divided between the two school systems after deducting for expenses, as provided in the North Carolina Statutes. RECOMMENDATON(S): The Manager recommends the Board adopt the resolution.