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Committee reviews modest increase to surplus-property sale thresholds for water and sewer districts
Summary
Staff and supporters told the committee SB 5467 raises the thresholds at which water and sewer districts must provide notice or competitive sale: personal property threshold to $5,400 and private sale threshold for real property to $7,500, updating figures last set in earlier decades.
The House Local Government Committee heard staff and stakeholder testimony on Senate Bill 5467, a proposal to update the dollar thresholds that govern when water and sewer districts must publicly notice or competitively sell surplus property.
Elizabeth Ren, committee staff, explained that current law allows a district board to sell property determined unnecessary for district purposes but requires notice unless personal property value is below a statutory threshold; SB 5467 raises the personal-property threshold to $5,400 and the real-property private-sale threshold to $7,500. Ren said the thresholds have not been updated for many years and the change is intended to reflect inflation. (Elizabeth Ren)
Keith Gannon (12th District) characterized the bill as a modest efficiency measure to help districts dispose of de minimis property—example: an outdated laptop—without requiring competitive bids; items above the thresholds would still go out to bid. Devin Gomboski of the Washington Association of Sewer and Water Districts testified in strong support, saying the association worked with local daily newspapers to select inflation-adjusted figures. The committee closed the hearing on SB 5467 and later adjourned for the day.
