Subject:
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Adjustment of County fixed asset inventories for scrapped, junked, and cannibalized items.
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Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Declare the listed items as surplus and authorize their respective disposition as scrapped or junked and remove cannibalized items from County fixed asset inventories for their reconciliation and update.
This includes:
• Sale of scrap material (appliances and heavy equipment parts).
• Disposal of junked material (microfilm equipment, desks, lab equipment, and refrigerators).
• Removal of cannibalized items from departmental County inventories (automobile lift).
• This declaration, by itself, has no fiscal impact on the County. The total fiscal impact is unknown at this time pending final sale. The revenues associated with the sales of items are not budgeted for in the Fiscal Year 2027 Adopted Budget and will generate unanticipated revenue for the funds that owned the asset.
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Strategic Priorities:
Smart Service Delivery
4.2 Achieve and maintain a high level of customer satisfaction.
4.4 Pursue continuous improvement.
Summary:
Summary
This action declares the listed items as surplus and authorizes their respective disposition as scrapped or junked and removes cannibalized items from County fixed asset inventories. This action occurs in collaboration with the Clerk of the Circuit Court to administratively remove assets that have already been disposed via scrap or junk. Below is a list of brief descriptions of representative items in each category:
• Scrapped - Property which is unusable but has value as scrap material (refrigerator, air conditioner, heavy equipment parts)
• Junked - Property which is unusable and determined to have no commercial value or property for which the cost of sale would exceed expected returns (microfilmer, lab sensors, lab test equipment, desks, refrigerators)
• Cannibalized - Property from which serviceable parts can be removed for repairing other County owned equipment (auto lift)
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Background Information:
The usefulness of the listed items, identified as scrap and junk, has been exhausted and any residual value is as recyclable material. Scrapped items are liquidated through an existing contract for disposal of scrap metal. Junked items are disposed of through the County’s trash contractor.
Cannibalized items have been utilized as a source of parts to repair other County-owned equipment.
Fiscal Impact:
Revenues derived from scrap material sales will vary with each container and will be credited to the fund(s) to which the assets were inventoried.
Staff Member Responsible:
Bill Greer, Director, Construction & Property Management
James McDermott, Section Manager, Asset Management
Rob Tashian, Senior Property & Stores Clerk, Asset Management
Partners:
N/A
Attachments:
Surplus Scrapped Assets
Surplus Junked Assets
Surplus Cannibalized Assets