Date:
April 21, 2015
Report to :
Finance, Property and Personnel Committee
Report from:
Susan Horwood, Director of Finance
Subject:
Surplus Furniture
Recommendation: That surplus office furniture as a result of the Administration
building renovations and integration be offered for sale through the Govdeals.ca.
Financial Impact:
Does recommendation have a budgetary
impact:
Yes
X
No
If yes, what is the anticipated impact?Cost savings from advertising and maximum
revenue
If yes, has it been budgeted for this
year?
Yes
No
If no, provide an explanation as to how these costs would be accommodated in the
current year’s budget:
Has Treasury provided
analysis?
Yes
X
No
Background: As a result of the Administration building renovations and the Integration
of the Social Services office, it is expected that there will be office furniture and fixtures
that will be declared surplus and will need to be disposed of.
In order to minimize the costs of disposing of the surplus furniture and maximize the
revenue generated, it is recommended that the County utilize the services of
GovDeals.ca to dispose of the assets. GovDeals is a liquidator devoted to municipal,
regional, County and Provincial client sellers in the USA and Canada. We recently
utilized their services for the sale of 3 ambulances and received total revenue in excess
of $28,000 from the sale.