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ORDINANCE NO. 945
AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT A POT
.UICY REGARDING PROPER DISBURSEMENT
OF ALL PERSONAL PROFEl',TY OWNED BY THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE,
ARKANSAS; AND, FOR OTHER O-URPOSES.
WHEREAS, the current policy and guidelines of the City
of Jacksonville, Arkansas, regarding disbursement of personal
property owned by the City has created controversy regarding
certain distributions of said property; and,
WHEREAS, such a policy is necessary to provide proper
guidelines for City officials in the management and disposal
of City owned personal property.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, THAT:
SECTION ONE: The City of Jacksonville, Arkansas,
through its Mayor, City Clerk, Purchasing Agent, and/or its
authorized agents or employees, will allow disbursement of
any and all personal property owned by the City of
Jacksonville, Arkansas, only through its regularly scheduled
private or public auction, held on an annual basis by the
Purchasing Department.
No personal property of any nature owned by the City of
Jacksonville will be given, bequeathed, sold, or disposed of
for anything other than its fair market value through the
private or public auctions regularly held by the City of
Jacksonville, with the following exception: Police
Department issued service revolvers shall be sold for the sum
of One and 00/100 Dollars ($1.00) to those police officers
who retire after a minimum of twenty (20) years of service,
and/or those officers who medically retire under the rules
and regulations of the Civil Service Commission, Police
Pension Board, and/or the laws of the State of Arkansas.
This exemption will not apply to the purchase of any service
revolver if the Department replaces the current regular
issued service revolver with automatic weapons.
Any personal property which may be used by other City
departments may be transferred from one department to another
to allow for maximum benefit and use of said personal pro-
perty prior to disposition of said property.
SECTION TWO: The aforesaid officials are further
authorized to promulgate and adopt those policies and
procedures necessary to insure adoption, adherence.. and
implementation of the above described policy.
SECTION THREE: No provision contained in this Ordinance
shall prohibit the City of Jacksonville from disposing of
personal property within the means and methods allowed under
the laws of the State of Arkansas.
SECTION FOUR: All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such
conflict.
Ordinance No. 945
March , 1991
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS ?, - DAY OF MARCH, 1991.
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