Prior to the adoption of Ord. 2005-04 on 02/02/2005, Section 3.32.020 read as follows.

The lease, or sublease of any public property shall be made at a properly advertised public hearing, under such terms and conditions as may be desirable, fair and appropriate, considering intended land use and equivalent property tax value in the best interest of Vernal City.

A. If a department head has City personal property under his or her control or supervision which he or she deems unusable or surplus to the use of his or her department, he or she shall notify the Finance Director, who shall in turn notify all other department heads of the availability of such property. If any other area department head requests the designated surplus property for their respective department, the Finance Director, at his option, may transfer the property to the requesting department head. If no requests for the surplus personal property are received, or if the Finance Director deems it reasonable and in the public interest to otherwise dispose of the property, he may then proceed to notify the City Council that such personal property is deemed to be in the best interest of the City to be declared as surplus.

B. If surplus personal property is not readily marketable or marketable for a fair market value because of its deterioration or condition, the City Council may determine that such property be sold as scrap and if not salable as such may dispose of such personal property by destruction or other means as provided in Section 3.32.010 (B). (Ord. 79-4 § 8 (B))