Article 10. Sale of Personal Property

1-1001. Sale of personal property; applicability.

(a) This Article relates to the disposal of used or obsolete or unclaimed personal property that is no longer needed or is no longer useful by the City of Park City, Kansas (the “City”).

(b) Sales of used or obsolete or unclaimed personal property shall be for cash, and shall be conducted by or under the written authority of the City Administrator or the Mayor if there is no City Administrator. Used or obsolete or unclaimed personal property may be sold by public sale by advertising for bids in the official city newspaper, reserving authority to reject any and all bids, or by private sale. The decision as to whether the sale of used or obsolete or unclaimed personal property is to be conducted as a public sale or a private sale shall be made by the City Administrator or by the Mayor if there is no City Administrator.

1-1002. Sale of personal property; proceeds.

The proceeds of the sale of used or obsolete or unclaimed personal property shall be deposited with the City Treasurer, along with a written report of such sale showing the following information:

(a) date of sale;

(b) name and address of purchaser;

(d) sale price.

1-1003. Crediting monies derived from sale.

All monies derived from sales of personal property shall be credited by the City Treasurer to the General Fund.

1-1004. Disposal by trade.

The City Administrator or Mayor if there is no City Administrator may, if deemed in the best interests of the City, dispose of used or obsolete personal property by trade in lieu of disposing of such personal property by sale. If property is disposed of by trade, a written report of such trade shall be submitted to the City Treasurer, showing the following information:

(a) date of trade;

(b) name and address of owner of personal property being traded;

(d) list of property that is being traded for City personal property.

1-1005. Disposal by other than sale or trade.

If personal property has no value or negligible value, the City Administrator or Mayor if there is no City Administrator may order the disposal of such property by means other than sale or trade, e.g., by gift, by transfer to a recycler, by disposing of property as trash, etc. Reports are not required when personal property of no value or negligible value is disposed of by transfer to a recycler or as trash. If said property is disposed of by gift, a report identifying the following information shall be provided to the City Treasurer:

(a) date of gift;

(b) list of personal property being gifted;