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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING DISPOSAL BY PUBLIC AUCTION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THE POSSESSION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, PURSUANT TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY ACT
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WHEREAS, the items of personal property hereinafter described are in the possession and custody of the Orland Park Police Department under circumstances supporting a reasonable belief that such property was abandoned, lost or stolen or otherwise illegally possessed; and
WHEREAS, the Orland Park Police Department has made reasonable inquiry and efforts to identify and notify the owners or other persons entitled to possession thereof, and
WHEREAS, the identities or locations of the owners or other persons entitled to possession of the property has not been ascertained within six (6) months after the Police Department obtained possession thereof; and
WHEREAS, the Law Enforcement Disposition of Property Act (765 ILCS 1030/1, et seq.) authorizes the Chief of Police to effectuate the sale of such personal property for cash to the highest bidder at a public auction following publication of a notice of the said sale in the manner hereinafter set forth.
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Orland Park have determined that the items of personal property hereinafter described shall be sold at a public auction/sale on Saturday, December 14, 2019, between the hours of 10:00 o’clock am and 12:00 o’clock noon, CST.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Orland Park, Cook and Will Counties, Illinois, as follows:
SECTION 1
The Preamble is adopted as fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2
Pursuant to Section 3 of the Law Enforcement Disposition of Property Act (765 ILCS 1030/3), the “the Act”, the President and the Board of Trustees of the Village of Orland Park find that the items of personal property described in EXHIBIT “A” of this Ordinance now in the possession of the Village of Orland Park, Illinois, be sold at public auction in the manner hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 3:
Pursuant to the said Section 3 of the Act, the Chief of Police is hereby authorized and shall direct the sale of the personal property to which Section 2 of this Ordinance refers, “AS IS” and without warranties at the public auction.
SECTION 4
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized and directed to advertise the public auction of the aforementioned personal property in the Daily Southtown, a newspaper of general circulation in Cook County at least ten (10) days before the said public auction, such notice of the public auction to be in substantially the form as set forth in EXHIBIT “A” of this Ordinance.
SECTION 5
Upon payment of the cash price bid by the highest bidder for each item of personal property, the Orland Park Chief of Police is hereby authorized and directed to transfer ownership of the item of personal property from the Village to the successful bidder/buyer and to execute all documents necessary to effectuate the sale. The proceeds of the sale of such personal property, less reimbursement to the Police Department of the reasonable expenses of custody of such personal property, shall be deposited in the treasury of the Village.
SECTION 6:
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, by a vote of a majority of the Board of Trustees, in the manner provided by law.