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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 0 <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Item No.47 <br /> /177EING DATE Au:us t 1 1'8 ___ <br /> Subject: Property Disposal Procedure <br /> no I <br /> DepRrtment: Purchasing &. Central Services J Public Hearing: yeS <br /> Attachment(s) : Information Contact:Mark H. Rees, Purchasing <br /> Services <br /> 1) Proposed Resolution & Central Sery <br /> 2) Enabling Legislation <br /> Phone N ext 498 <br /> umber: <br /> PURPOSE: To consider adopting a resolution authorizing the Director of Purchasing & <br /> Central Services to dispose of personal property with the exception to vehicles, <br /> valued at less then five hundred dollars ($500.00). <br /> NEED: The County for the past two years has disposed of surplus property through <br /> public auctiOn. While there are advantages to this method, there have also been <br /> instances where if a negotiated offer or a trade had been arranged the County <br /> may have received more value for its property. Since many of these transactions <br /> involve small amounts of money, the existing procedures which require advertise- <br /> ment and Boald of Commissioners approval before a sale is completed can tend to <br /> generate costs higher then the value of the item being disposed of. <br /> IMPACT: The adoption of the proposed resolution should result in the elemination of <br /> most of the red tape associated with disposal of personal property and at the same <br /> time increase revenues from such disposals. <br /> _ _ <br />