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Council revises surplus-property rules to allow disposal, donations and require council review for land
Summary
Council approved updates to the city27s surplus property code to allow department heads to dispose of unsalvageable items, permit donations to nonprofits under $5,000, require surplus land to be brought to council, and require public notification for sales.
Councilmembers and staff discussed lengthy operational problems with disposing of broken furniture, damaged equipment and obsolete police radios that had accumulated in department storage. The police chief told the council there was no efficient administrative path in the existing code to discard unsalvageable items and that an updated ordinance would allow department heads to determine when items are…
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