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***Note: Many local criminal codes can now be located under Chapter 10.60 SMC while others are now cited under the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), which was incorporated into the municipal code in 2022. (See SMC 10.58.010). Code Enforcement, including Noise Control and Animal Regulations are located in Chapters 10.62 through 10.74.

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Section 12.05.040
 

Title 12 Public Ways and Property

Chapter 12.05 General City Property

Section 12.05.040 Disposition of Low-Value Personal Property or Equipment

  1. As authorized by, and pursuant to RCW 35.22.280(3), chapters 35.33 and 35.94, RCW, and chapter 12.10, SMC, as well as Article 8, Section 7 of the Washington State Constitution, which generally prohibits the City from gifting money or property to private individuals or corporations, the City Administrator, or her designee, is authorized to dispose of low-value City personal property or equipment, by any of the following methods:

    1. Arms’-length sale on commercially reasonable terms;

    2. Donation to a non-profit organization; or

    3. Auction.

  2. Prior to conducting any disposition authorized by this section, the City Administrator, or her designee, shall provide a report to the City Council providing, in reasonably specific terms, the following:

    1. a description of the City low-value personal property or equipment which is to be disposed of;

    2. the preferred method of disposition;

    3. the approximate date of the disposition;

    4. the estimated costs of the disposition, if any; and

    5. the estimated revenues, if any, to be derived from the disposition.

  3. For purpose of this section, “low-value personal property or equipment” means (i) any item of personal property or equipment having an estimated value of less than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and (ii) any item of personal property or equipment which, in the determination of the City Administrator or her designee has not been in use by the City for a period of five years or longer.

  4. Funds derived from the sale of low-value personal property or equipment shall be deposited into the Asset Management Fund, pursuant to SMC 07.08.509(F).

Date Passed: Monday, June 5, 2017

Effective Date: Wednesday, July 19, 2017

ORD C35501 Section 1