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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 748-1946 - Providing Sale And Procedure To Be Followed In Making The Sale Of All Property - 02/14/1946.H c 02--14--1.94-U> ORDINAIDE NG. ? 48 AN ORDINAWE PH.OVIDING FOR THE SALE AND THE Hi:O:::EDURE TO BE FOLLOWED IN MAKI NG THE SALE OF ALL ABANDONED, STOLEN OR RECOVERED PROOERTY OF EVERY KIND WITHIN THE POSSESSION J F THE CITY OF LUBBOOK; PROVIDING FOR DELIVERY 0:1!" S'OCH PROPERTY TJ THE PURCHASING AGENT, NOTICE AND MANNER OF SALE, THE TERMS UNDER VffiiCH THE SAME SHALL BE SOLD AND PROVIDING FOR REPORTS THEREON AND DISPOSITION OF THE FROOEEDS, DISBURSEME NT OF THE P".tlOCEE:OO, AND DlroLAR- ING AN EMERGEOOY. ll.HEREAS, the City of Lubbock has no provision authorizing the sale of abandoned personal property left in its possession and unclaimed by aqy owner, and the city, from time to time, possesses personal property with a use value and coming within its possession by reason of abandonment of such property on public streets, alleys and other w~s, as well as abandon- ment of such property by individuals who fail to re-claim the same ·, and, WHEREAS, the City Commissi~n is of the opinion that such property should be disposed of after a reasonable time has elapsed, and, WHEREAS, the Ci~y of Lubbock now has possession of this character of property which is deteriorating in value due to lack of storage space, cre- a:ting an emergency, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOOK& ,, 1 . Section 1. What property to be sold. -All abandoned, stolen or recovered property of every kind, including motor vehicles, which shall remain unclaimed with the police department of the City of Lubbock for a period of four months, without being claimed or reclaimed by the owners, whether known or not, may be sold and disposed of at public auction as herein provided. Section 2. Delivery to purchasing agent. -The chief of police shall give to the p urchasing agent of the City of Lubbock a list of all property subject to sale hereunder and shall thereafter deliver said property, except motor ve- hicles, to the purchasing agent before the date of sale, and take a receipt from said purchasing agent showing in detail all property so delivered. Mo- tor vehicles shall be kept by the chief of police until a sale has been made. Section J. Notice; manner of sale. -Thirty days' notice of the time and place of sale, and descriptive list of the property and motor vehicles or both, to be offered for sale, shall be posted at the courthouse door of Lubbock Coun- ty, Texas, and at any regular entrance to the City Hall and a copy thereof sent by reg istered mail to the last known address of the owner, in the event the name of the owner i s known to the purchasing agent, and thereafter said prop- erty shall be offered for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for each piece of property separately or assembled in lots, whichever, in the dis- cretion of the purchasing agent of the City of Lubbock, shall offer the best price obtainable for said property, except that motor vehicles shall be sold separately. Section 4• All sales for cash. -The public auction provided for in the preceding section shall be conducted at the place and hour designated in the notice and all sales shall be for cash. c 2. Section 5. Reports by purchasing agent; delivery of proceeds to City A.udi tor. -The purchasing agent shall conduct said public auction, and he shall keep an accurate statement of each article or motor vehicle or both, sold and the price bid and paid therefor, and shall make a complete report in writing to the city auditor of the City of Lubbock of the time, place and manner of conducting said sale and all funds received on account of said auc- tion shall be delivered to the city auditor who shall give his receipt therefor. ~ection 6. Proceeds to be credited to general fund. -The city auditor of the city of Lubbock is hereby required to place all funds received by him un- der and by virtue ofthis chapter to the credit of the general fund to be there- after disbursed as~ the governing body of the city of Lubbock shall order. Section 7. i7orthless property. -Ac:y property which has been listed and offered for sale and for which no price or sum has been offered, if deemed in the opinion of the purchasing agent to be worthless and without va~ue, shall be disposed of in such manner as the purchasing agent shall prescribe. The description of all property destroyed or disposed of by the purchasing agent as worthless or without value shall be reported to the governing body of the city of Lubbock, together with the date and manner of disposal. The fact that the City of Lubbock is now in possession of property which is deteriorating in value due to the lack of storage space, and immediate disposition thereof is required, together with a reasonable and proper pro- cedure to be followed in the disposition of such property f9r the preserva- tion of such property ill in the public interest creates an emergency requir- ing that all rules and regulations be suspended and this ordinance shall be effective from and after its second reading, AND IT IS SO ORDERED. Passed and approved by unanimous vote of all Commissioners at firet read- ing this 14 day of Feb . , 1946. Passed and approved by unanimous vote of all Commissioners at second read- ing this 14 day of _ __]'eb . _, 1946. Attest: ~~ ;/;&.«~ t.d. City Secretary ~