2000-09 ORDINANCE NO. 2000-09
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA,
FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY CODE OF
ORDINANCES BY CREATING SECTION 2-258 "SURPLUS
PROPERTY" OF ARTICLE IV "FINANCE" OF CHAPTER 2
"ADMINISTRATION;" ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES
FOR PROPERTY DECLARED SURPLUS TO THE CITY;
PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN CODE; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
AVENTURA, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 2-258 "Surplus Property" of Article IV "Finance" of Chapter
2 "Administration" of the City Code is hereby created to read as follows:
Section 2-258. Surplus Property.
Any property owned by the city which has become obsolete,
or which has outlived its usefulness, or which has become
inadequate for the public purposes for which it was intended,
or which is no longer needed for public purposes, may be
disposed of in accordance with procedures established by
the City Manager, so long as the property has been declared
surplus by a Resolution of the City Commission.
Section 2. Inclusion in the Code. It is the intention of the City Commission, and it
is hereby ordained that the provisions of this Ordinance shall become and made a part of
the Code of the City of Aventura; that the sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered
or relettered to accomplish such intention; and that the word "Ordinance" shall be changed
to "Section" or other appropriate word.
Section 3. Severability. The provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be
severable and if any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance shall for any
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reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining sections, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this Ordinance but they
shall remain in effect, it being the legislative intent that this Ordinance shall stand
notwithstanding the invalidity of any part.
Section 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon
adoption on second reading.
The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Commissioner Rogers-Libert, who moved
its adoption on first reading. The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Berger, and upon
being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Jay R. Beskin yes
Commissioner Ken Cohen yes
Commissioner Harry Holzberg yes
Commissioner Jeffrey M. Perlow yes
Commissioner Patricia Rogers-Libert yes
Vice Mayor Arthur Berger absent from the room
Mayor Arthur I. Snyder yes
The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Commissioner Rogers-Libert, who moved
its adoption on second reading. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Cohen and
upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Arthur Berger yes
Commissioner Jay R. Beskin yes
Commissioner Ken Cohen yes
Commissioner Harry Holzberg yes
Commissioner Jeffrey M. Perlow yes
Commissioner Patricia Rogers-Libert yes
Mayor Arthur I. Snyder yes
PASSED AND ADOPTED on first reading this 7th day of March, 2000.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED on second reading ti)is 4~ day of ,/~Pril, 2000.
,. /-.~ ARTHUR i. SNYDER, ,MAYOR.
TF~i~SA M. SORe. K~, C~C'-
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
CI'I-Y~ATTORNEY
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ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY DIRECTIVES Chapter # Sub Page
AND PROCEDURES MANUAL
Date March. 1,
Issued: 2000
CHAPTER: FINANCE, BUDGET & PURCHASING APPROVED: ~', .~--7~
City
SUBJECT: SURPLUS PROPERTY
PURPOSE
To establish a procedure by which the City can account for the transfer or deletion of property
along with any property declared surplus.
POLICY & PROCEDURE
1. Any property owned by the City which has become obsolete, or which has outlived
its usefulness, or which has become inadequate for the public purposes for which it
was intended, or which is no longer needed for public purposes, may be declared
surplus and disposed of in accordance with these procedures.
2. A Department Director shall complete the attached form requesting an item to be
declared surplus and submit it to the City Manager for approval.
3. Once the City Manager approves the request, a surplus resolution will be prepared
and placed on the next available City Commission Meeting Agenda.
4. Under no circumstances is City owned property proposed to be declared surplus to
be disposed of prior to the preparation and formal approval of a resolution by the
City Commission authorizing such disposition.
5. The City Manager shall determine the best method of disposing of surplus items.
Such methods may include the following:
Annual surplus equipment sale
Sale
Physically disposed
Trade
Donated
6. Proceeds from the sale of the property shall go into the general fund of the City
unless the equipment was acquired by utilizing police forfeiture funds.