County holding online surplus auction

Laptops, monitors, desks, other office supplies all up for bid

Yuma County is holding an online auction this month to dispense surplus equipment from several departments, including large pallets of computers and other equipment starting at $100.

One pallet, for example, includes 28 laptops and monitors formerly under the auspices of the IT department. However, all may have missing parts or other issues, and will be dusty from having been stored in a warehouse. They are sold as-is without warranty, as are all of the items being sold.

Most of the other bid objects are office supplies as well, including desks, chairs, file cabinets, printers and copiers, rolls of receipt paper, fax machines and more.

The highest-ticket piece on the auction list is a $1,000 York air conditioning liquid chiller, described as being in “poor” condition, not running and missing parts. There is also a Nortel/Intertel/Polycom telephone system including numerous phones, which the county replaced a little more than a year ago. The starting bid is $500.

Bidding for a majority of the pieces of equipment will start at $25.

As can be expected, the quirkier entries originated with the sheriff’s department, including a guitar, gun, laser-guided pointer for a shotgun or rifle, two bags containing stamp collections, handmade knives with inlaid turquoise, and a plastic bin containing kitchenware, rocks, antiques and glass, described as having “23 scratches.”

The auction will start Friday and run through July 26 at www.publicsurplus.com. Participants must register on the website first, and can do so before the start date.

The procedures to follow for the auction, along with the list of items, is posted at the County Administration Building at 198 S. Main St.

They are also posted at http://www.yumacountyaz.gov/government/ board-of-supervisors/miscellaneous.

For more information and a printed copy of the instructions and bid list, call Dunia Federico at 928373-1102.

All of the equipment was declared as surplus by a June 17 vote by the Yuma County Board of Supervisors.