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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD Of= COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 15, 2000 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~^ <br />SUBJECT: Surplus Disposa12000 <br />DEPARTMENT: Purchasing and PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Public Works <br />ATTACHMENT(S): - INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Pam Jones, 245-2652 <br />Resolution Wilbert McAdoo, 245-2627 <br />Bid Tabulation TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Auction Listing Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: <br />• To declare as surplus, items on the attached list ;and <br />• To adopt a resolution authorizing the Director of Purchasing and Central Services to conduct <br />an auction of those personal property items declared surplus or confiscated, said auction to <br />be held on Saturday, September 16, 2000 at the Public works Department, Highway 86, <br />Hillsborough; and <br />• To develop a mechanism to reallocate certain surplus personal computers to non-profit <br />organizations funded by Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: General Statute 160A-270(b) stipulates the procedure for disposing of surplus <br />personal property. Actions requested herein are pursuant to that statute. <br />Quotations were solicited from local auctioneers with Bob Crawford Auction Service of <br />Hillsborough North Carolina submitting the lowest responsible fee (1.75%). A tabulation of the <br />results is enclosed. <br />Pursuant to statute, a notice of the Auction will be published in the newspaper thirty days prior <br />to the date of the sale. In addition to the legally required advertisement, the sale will be <br />publicized as follows: <br />• General advertisement in the Durham, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough newspapers. <br />Advertisements will appear in the Sunday paper one week prior to the sale and will provide a <br />complete listing of items. A reminder ad will appear in the Durham and Chapel Hill <br />Newspapers on Friday, September 15, 2000 and Saturday September 16, 2000; and <br />• Information will be included on the County's web-site; and <br />• The auctioneer will circulate the handbills in a manner. that would provide the best coverage; <br />and <br />• Copies of the handbill will also be mailed to persons who have requested copies. <br />