The board may sell, or order sold through a designated representative, by public or private sale, any personal property that the board has declared to be surplus at a regular or special meeting and has declared to have an aggregate appraised value of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less. Whenever the board decides to sell at a private sale, the board must employ a qualified appraiser to determine a reasonable selling price for each kind of surplus item and must publish, in the manner provided in IC 5-3-1:
If the board decides to sell at a public sale, the board shall conduct the sale in the manner provided by law for the unit.
IC 36-10-3-12
Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-7-4-21(16).