The Crockett City Council approved a surplus list covering city and Economic Development Corporation (EDC) property and directed staff to pursue donations where appropriate and to sell remaining items by auction.

City staff presented a detailed inventory and asked the council to declare numerous items surplus so they can be removed, donated or auctioned. The listed items include 49 filing cabinets; six dual vented welding booths (12 total booths); 10 welding machines and eight wire feeders; a compressed-air dryer; a natural-gas generator and an electrical transfer switch; 42 office cubicles; multiple older fleet vehicles including a 2005 Mack truck; an electric stove at the Civic Center; rolling stock such as older mowers, a trailer and an old forklift; and an older matrix printer previously used for green-bar paper.

Staff told the council some EDC-owned machines previously had been offered to the school district; the district said it would investigate whether it needed the equipment. The staff presentation said if a local school district or county department wants specific items (the generator, the dump truck, welders or the stove), staff will return to council with an interlocal agreement or separate motion to dispose of those items locally. If not, staff will use a nationwide online auction service to sell the property.

A staff member described the planned auction approach: the city would work with an online public-auction firm that the presenter said has “right at 500,000 registered bidders” and operates no-reserve auctions to attract buyers nationally. The staff member said the city prefers the broader online auction reach to local sealed bids, which historically attract fewer respondents. On the question of valuation, staff said many city assets on the list are fully depreciated; EDC items were not entered into the city’s depreciation schedule and therefore do not carry depreciation records in the city system.

Councilwoman Natrina Hicks asked whether staff could provide depreciation or estimated values. Staff responded that where an asset has been recorded in the city depreciation schedule, that information is available, but several EDC items were not depreciated and therefore lacked that data. The council voted on the motion to approve the surplus list; the motion was moved, seconded and carried by voice vote.

Staff said it would bring back items for local disposition if a nearby entity expresses interest; the city will otherwise proceed with the nationwide auction and will prepare any necessary interlocal agreements for donations.