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Council adopts ordinance allowing police to retain abandoned property for city use instead of auction
5929914 · August 14, 2025
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Summary
An ordinance gives the police department an alternative to public auction for certain abandoned property, allowing the department to retain items for law-enforcement use when appropriate; a computer was cited as an example of potentially useful property.
The Common Council approved an ordinance creating an alternative means of disposal for abandoned property the police department takes into custody, giving staff an option other than immediate public…
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