TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Ryan J. Alsop, Chief Executive Officer
REPORT BY: Jeff Brooner, Purchasing Manager
SUBJECT: Disposal of County Surplus Property
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RECOMMENDATION
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Declare certain items of County property as surplus and no longer required for public use; and approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent to dispose of these items by sale at public auction, by donation to Community Action of Napa Valley (CANV), and by discarding via recycling. (Fiscal Impact: Increased Revenue; Various County Funds; Not Budgeted; Discretionary)
[4/5 vote required]
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BACKGROUND
The Purchasing Division of the County Executive Office is responsible for maintaining a surplus warehouse to store personal property that County Departments no longer require for public use within their department and where the items are stored for potential use by other departments. Once the items have outlived their useful life and are no longer needed for public use, the items can be sold at auction, donated, sold by direct sale, or disposed of. Capacity of the surplus warehouse has been reached. Currently, there are number of items that could potentially be sold at auction, there items that have been identified as being useful, via donation, to CANV, and there are items that have previously been disposed of by way of recycling. If the recommendation to sell items at auction is approved, the County will be utilizing Govdeals.com for the auctions.
California Government Code Section 25363 authorizes the Board of Supervisors, upon a four-fifths (4/5) vote, to sell at public auction, and convey to the highest bidder, for cash, any property belonging to the County and not required for public use. For the most part, items that currently are recommended for auction are not capital assets, however there are three capital assets that must also be removed from the capital asset listing.
California Government Code Section 25372. authorized the Board of Supervisors, by majority vote, to do...
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