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Commissioners Table Consent-Agenda Item to Consider Policy for Donating Surplus Items to Nonprofits
Summary
The board removed item 8 from the consent agenda and directed staff to return with policy options to allow limited-time transfers of surplus county items to nonprofit organizations.
Okaloosa County commissioners on Oct. 7 voted to remove item 8 from the consent agenda and table it for future discussion so the board can consider a policy that would allow nonprofit organizations an opportunity to claim surplus county items.
One commissioner noted that the county had previously ended nonprofit giving as a fiscal policy but that some surplus items have limited residual value and could benefit nonprofit organizations. "I would like to see us bring this back as an item and potentially discuss a policy that would allow a limited number of days to our nonprofit entities to apply for the items that we are not going to retain," the commissioner said. The motion to remove item 8 from the consent agenda was made and seconded; the chair called for the vote and recorded unanimous approval.
Why this matters: the action begins a process to evaluate whether a limited window for nonprofits to claim surplus county property is appropriate and how to administer such a program.
Board action: motion to remove item 8 from the consent agenda and table it for later discussion of a nonprofit surplus-item policy — outcome: motion passed unanimously.
