Find the Sale announcement and map to the warehouse here: http://redmondcity.blogspot.com/2011/10/school-district-surplus-sale-is.html
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On September 27th, the School Board approved Resolution 2111 declaring a long list of obsolete school items as surplus. Superintendent Kimball is now authorized to "distribute, transfer, sell, and dispose" of these items.
District Director Kathryn Reith writes, "the district warehouse manager determines the sale date and time and the sales price for each item." Ms. Reith wouldn't give the month or year for the sale. In the past they've had Surplus Sales in February, March, and April. UPDATE: The Sale is November 5th.
According to Communications Director Reith:
"Items at our surplus sales are sold as is. Potential buyers are encouraged to come to the sale, when it is scheduled, to see the items for themselves. "They [the sale items] are open to everyone [the public] on the same basis – staff do not get preference."A list of some of the items for sale, transfer, disposal, distribution:
1 ea. Piano (Kimball brand)
1 ea. Pickup, 1991 GMC K2500
1 lot Gymnastic Equipment and mats
1 lot PE Equipent (bats, golf clubs, balls, racquests, badminton nets, etc.)
1 lot Hand tools (hammers, wood planes, files, vices, lathe, cutters, drills, shop equipment, etc)
1 lot Glazing/Glass Shop Equipment, fire extingisher, heat lamps
3 lots Bookcases, chairs ,cabinets, carts, desks,
3 lots Microwaves, kitchen mixers, kitchen stove (household), kitchen smallwares, ovens, refrigerators
33 ea Digital Camera, Assorted; 26 ea Camcorder, Assorted; 1 lot PDA's, Assorted
1 lot AV Equipment (VCR's O/H Projectors, Speakers, etc.) and Editing Equipment (editing decks, etc.)
110ea LCD Projectors, Mitsubish and Philips
443ea Netbooks, Assorted Models; 390 ea Computers, HP Model D510, DC530,DC5000
467ea Monitors, Compaq and HP 2700,S710,S720
Yesterday, I asked Ms. Reith what was meant by "the distribution, transfer, sale and disposal" of the items. Today she responded:
ReplyDeleteThis area is governed by state law: RCW 28A.335.180. After declaring any textbooks or equipment as surplus, we must provide notice to other public school districts and private schools that these items are available for rent, sale or lease. We have some other options, which includes granting surplus property to government entities. We can also give items to “indigent persons” at no cost on the condition the property is used for preschool through 12th grade educational purposes. So, for example, we may give a desktop computer to a student on free lunch so they can use it at home for doing homework. Once these options have been completed, we sell items to the public, putting the money that is raised back into the budget. Items that are not sold are disposed of, i.e., recycled or thrown away as appropriate.