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K c ~u F c~ 89 ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING PROCEDURES FOR DISPOSING OF PERSONAL PROPERTY VALUED AT LESS THAN $5,000 BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of Lce County, North Carolina: Section I. The County Manager is hereby authorized to dispose of ally SlllpIUS personal property owned by the County of Lee whenever he or she determines- in his or her discretion, that: (a) the item or group of items has a fair market value of less than live thousand dollars ($5,000.00) (b) the property is no longer necessary for the conduct of public business: and, (c) sound property manaucment principles and financial considerations indicate that the interests of the County of Lcc would best be served by disposing of the property. Section 2. The COMM, Manager may dispose of any such surplus personal property by any means which he or she judges reasonably calculated to yield the highest attainable sale price in money or other consideration- including but not limited to the methods of sale provided in Article 12 of North Carolina General Statulcs Chaptcr 160A. Such sale may be public or private, and with or without notice and minimum waiting period. Section 3. The surplus property shall be sold to the party who tenders the highest offer, or exchanged Cbr any property or services useful to the COMM, of Lee if greater value may be obtained in that mannci; and the County IvIanger is hereby authorized to CXecLtte and deliver any applicable title documents. II no offers are received within a reasonable time. the County Manager may retain the property, obtain any reasonably available salvage value. or cause it to be disposed of as waste material. No surplus property may he donated to any individual or organization except by resolution of the Board of Commissioners. Section 4. The County Manager shall keep a record of all property sold under authority of this Ordinance and that record shall generally describe the property sold or exchanged, to whom it was sold. or with whom exchanged, and the amount ol' money or other consideration received for each sale or exchange. Section 5. This Ordinance is enacted pursuant to the provisions of North Carolina General Statutes § I60A-266 (c) and s 153A-176. Section 6 This Ordinance shall become effective adoption. Herbert A. I Bricks. Chairman This the 16th clay of May 2005