Inyo County Municipal Code Ch. 6.28 Sale and Transfer of Surplus County Property

When any item of personal property is no longer needed by an office or department of the county, such fact will be reported to the purchasing agent who may declare the item or items as surplus and place such item or items in a surplus pool. Whenever any office or department is in need of an item which has been placed in the surplus pool or has requisitioned the purchase of a similar item, the purchasing agent may transfer the item to such office or department with the prior approval of that department head.

(Ord. 1285 § 2, 2022)

When purchasing personal property for which the cost does not exceed $10,000, the purchasing agent is authorized to solicit and accept advantageous trade-in allowances for personal property which is no longer required for public use by the county, providing that the surplus value of such property is less than $10,000. All other trade-in allowances for surplus county personal property must be approved by the board of supervisors.

(Ord. 1285 § 2, 2022)

A. The purchasing agent is hereby authorized to make a determination that personal property owned by the county in the surplus pool is no longer required for public use upon the following conditions:

1. The personal property has been placed into the county's surplus personal property pool and has remained there unused for a period of at least three consecutive months;

2. The personal property is not collateral or subject to a creditor's lien as a result of any financing or lease-purchase agreement entered into by the county;

3. The surplus value of the property does not exceed $10,000;

4. The county has no reasonably foreseeable need for the property;

5. Applicable provisions of law, rules, regulations, or grant requirements do not prohibit the county from disposing of the property as surplus.

B. Except as expressly delegated to the purchasing agent above, the board of supervisors shall make all other determinations that personal property belonging to the county is no longer required for public use.

C. The purchasing agent shall sell all personal property belonging to the county which has been determined no longer required for public use. Such sale shall be in accordance with the Inyo County Purchasing and Contracting Policy and Procedures Manual and applicable law.

(Ord. 1285 § 2, 2022)

Except as otherwise provided by law, proceeds from the sale of surplus county personal property shall be paid into the county treasury for county use.

(Ord. 1285 § 2, 2022)