§ 2-553.2. Department reports of obsolete or unused property; sale, transfer or trade of such property.

(a)

All departments shall submit to the purchasing agent at such times and in such form as such agent shall prescribe reports showing stocks of all supplies, materials and equipment which are no longer used or which have become obsolete, worn or scrapped. The purchasing agent may sell such property by competitive bidding or at public auction, may transfer it to other departments or governmental agencies, or may exchange it for or trade it in on new supplies or equipment.

(b)

All sales of such property, when the estimated value is not expected to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00), may be sold by the purchasing agent in accordance with rules and regulations established by him; these sales need not follow the competitive bidding or public auction process and such property may be sold without newspaper advertisement and without observing the procedures prescribed by divisions 2 and 3 of this article, unless the purchasing agent determines that the public interest demands such procedure.

(c)

Not withstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b), and in lieu thereof, library books, tapes, CDs and any other library materials which have been identified by the director of the department of libraries and information services as surplus to the needs of the Newport News Public Library System may be donated by the city manager or his designee, on behalf of the city, to the Friends of the Newport News Public Library for its use in support of the Newport News Public Library System. Funds generated by the Friends of the Newport News Public Library from the sale of donated library materials or any other funding source may be accepted from the Friends of the Newport News Public Library by the city manager on behalf of the city for use by the Newport News Public Library System.

Furthermore, any law books or research materials which have been identified by the city attorney as surplus to the needs of the office of the city attorney may be donated to the city farm or the city jail for use in the law libraries of those facilities.

(Ord. No. 3910-89; Ord. No. 4967-96, § 1; Ord. No. 5476-00, § 1; Ord. No. 5636-01, § 1; Ord. No. 5999-04; Ord. No. 6056-04; Ord. No. 6806-11, § 1; Ord. No. 7036-14, § 1)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 6806-11 shall be in effect on and after July 1, 2011.

(Ord. No. 3910-89; Ord. No. 4967-96, § 1; Ord. No. 5476-00, § 1; Ord. No. 5636-01, § 1; Ord. No. 5999-04; Ord. No. 6056-04; Ord. No. 6806-11, § 1; Ord. No. 7036-14, § 1)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 6806-11 shall be in effect on and after July 1, 2011.