3.30.050 Incidental Sale of Certain Items.
A. The Finance Director may sell any item of surplus property by incidental sale when they determine that the item:
1. Is scrap or salvage material, including, but not limited to, discarded fire hose, a tire casing, a dead storage battery, or worn-out or wrecked automobile or machine body or part;
2. Is perishable;
3. Has been offered for public sale and no offer to purchase has been received; or
4. Has a nominal estimated value.
B. For the purpose of this section, the term “incidental sale” shall mean the sale of any item defined in subsection (A) of this section at a price and at a time and place to be determined by the Finance Director, to any buyer who is willing to pay the price requested, without first advertising such sale or calling for the receipt of bids; provided, however, that the Finance Director may advertise such sale as they may deem advisable.
C. Nothing in this section shall be read to limit the ability of the Finance Director to sell, as they may deem proper, any item as defined in subsection (A) of this section by sale at public auction or by sealed proposal as provided in Larkspur Municipal Code Section 3.30.040. (Ord. 1062 § 14, 2022; Ord. 1030 § 2(3), 2018; Ord. 1006 § 1, 2015)