The sale or disposal of any district-owned real estate shall be by action or resolution adopted by the board of commissioners. The action or resolution shall be in accordance with RCW 57.08.016.

The sale or disposal of any district-owned buildings, titled vehicles, trailers, or personal property with a per-item value of more than $250.00 shall be by action taken or resolution adopted by the board of commissioners. The action or resolution shall be in accordance with RCW 57.08.015.

The general manager, or designee, shall have the authority to surplus for sale or disposal any district personal property with per-item value of $250.00 or less. The general manager, or designee, shall report to the board the property that was approved for surplus, the reason for the surplus, the method of sale or disposal, including the value received by the district.

The general manager, or designee, shall have the authority to discard to trash any district personal property with a per-item value of $250.00 or less that has been broken or damaged in the course of district business operations.

The general manager, or designee, shall have the authority to replace or exchange any district personal property through a vendor’s normal warranty exchange program.

The general manager, or designee, shall have the authority to dispose of scrap metal consisting of metal remnants, unusable metal pipe and fittings, scrap water meters or hydrants that have no remaining useful life, and other similar items. The method of disposal will be sale and recycling of the scrap metal per Chapter 39.34 RCW, utilizing state bid, provided the district and Washington State Department of Enterprise Services has a contract in effect for such service. [Res. 755 § 9, 2018; Res. 720 § 9, 2016.]