Submitted By
John P. Wielebnicki, Public Works Director
Reviewed By
LKS
Agenda Item Title
Title
An Ordinance Authorizing the Sale of Surplus Vehicles and Equipment Owned by the Village of Oak Park
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Overview
Overview
Various departments have vehicles, and equipment that can be sold as surplus as they are no longer useful to the Village. The vehicles will be sold at auction or traded in or disposed of as scrap.
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Staff Recommendation
Approve the Ordinance.
Fiscal Impact
Funds received for vehicles and or equipment will be placed in the fund from which they were purchased originally.
Background
In accordance with Village policy and State law (65 ILCS 5/11-76-4), the Village may, by Ordinance, authorize the disposition of designated personal property (as opposed to real property) in order to dispose of vehicles and materials no longer usable to the Village.
Items on Exhibit A will be disposed of via internet auction. The Village has had recent success using internet auctions for disposal of these items. If the items are not sold at auction they will be disposed of as scrap. Vehicles may be traded in if there is interest and if the value is that which could be estimated at auction.
The vehicles that are listed on Exhibit A have been determined to be candidates for disposal base on the criteria established for the fleet replacement program.
Each year, the Village allocates funds for the annual replacement of vehicles in the Fleet Replacement Fund. The Public Works Department manages the budget for vehicles that will replace those units having reached the end of their service life under the fleet replacement program.
The intent of the fleet replacement program is to replace vehicles and equipment using the established criteria for replacement of fleet vehicles/equipment, including age of vehicle/year purchased, mileage or hours, type of use (full time, seasonal, emergency, non-emergency, etc.), consequences of down time, maintenance hist...
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