To: Dale K. Weighill, Governmental Operations Committee Chairperson
From: Joshua Freeman, Director of Administration
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RE: Proposed Policy for the Sale and Disposal of Real Property
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BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Approval of a proposed policy for the Sale and Disposal of Real Property
BACKGROUND:
With recent and expected future consolidations, Genesee County will have several pieces of real property that will need to be sold or disposed of in some manner. Historically, the County has not followed any specific policy in selling property. Instead, each property was sold based on who was in charge at the time of sale. To ensure a consistent process for all future properties, this proposed policy is offered.
DISCUSSION:
As stated above, the county will soon be faced with several properties that are no longer in use. To ensure that we follow a consistent process, the attached policy was developed with Planning to sell or dispose of county properties. As the policy states, yearly we will conduct an inventory of properties that should be considered for sale and determine their best use in the future. That recommendation will be provided to the Board of County Commissioners for a final decision. The sale will then be conducted per the guidelines offered within the proposal. There will be an emphasis on other governmental units or non-profits that serve a public purpose. The attached proposal is a draft and will be formatted once we have a full public policy proposal adopted.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
There will be no impact on HR.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
Adoption of this policy creates no immediate impact on the budget. Any impact would be from the sale of properties in the future.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
Adoption of this policy creates no immediate impact on Facilities. Any impact would be the from sale of properties in the future and the reduction of the county’s fleet of buildings.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
There is no impact on Technology.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
The adoption of this policies helps to further the County’s priority of creating Long Term Financial Stability. By addressing our aging fleet of buildings and more deliberately thinking about our operations and facility needs, we are better able to sustain necessary buildings and properties without funding and maintaining underutilized facilities.
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, that this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, hereby adopts and authorizes the implementation of the attached policy entitled, “Sale/Disposal of Real Property,” in order to establish a formal policy for the disposal of County real property.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this new policy supersedes any and all current and past policies that conflict with this policy, and this new policy shall continue in effect until further action of this Board.