Mayor Rex PesnellKIMBALL, Tenn. City leaders in Kimball are planning to auction most of the surplus property from all of its municipal departments.
“It just seems like we’ve accumulated a lot of items that we no longer use or never will use,” Mayor Rex Pesnell said.
Although a list of specific items is not ready yet, he said the auction would include potentially some very large pieces, like the town’s old garbage truck.
“Some large items and a lot of small items,” Pesnell said. “It is just things that are in closets that we’ll never use again. It’s just time to have a fall cleaning, I guess.”
Kimball’s surplus property auction is scheduled for Sept. 19 at 10 a.m. CDT at City Hall.
Officials said an announcement of the sale and list of specific auction items would run in local newspapers at least 10 days before the event.
“Some small things might not get listed, but the main things will be listed in the ad,” Pesnell said.
Alderman Jerry Don Case said he recently spoke with Police Chief Tommy Jordan about items in that department’s evidence room that have been “cleared through the courts” and are no longer needed.
“Maybe we can just put it all in [the auction] and just get rid of it that way,” Case said.
The items from police evidence will not include any firearms, he said.
Fire Chief Jeff Keef said there are a few items from his department he’d like to see placed in the auction.
“We have to be very careful, though,” he said. “Some things we can’t auction off to the public.”
Kimball also has some old traffic lights it would like to clear out of storage, and Pesnell plans to offer that equipment to nearby municipalities before putting them in the auction.
“[The city] could certainly donate to another governmental entity without any problem,” City Attorney Billy Gouger said.
Officials said items would be included from all city branches, including city hall and the fire, police, and maintenance departments.
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