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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1288 PAGE TWO has accumulated, he shall determine the method of disposition of said property, including using said property as a trade-in, accepting sealed bids for said property, sale by public auction, or any other method of disposition deemed acceptable by the Director of Finance. All such surplus property shall then be accumulated at a central location unless the Director of Finance grants an exception to this requirement and therein designates the property so excepted. Notice of such disposition shall be given by publication at least once in a newspaper of general cir- culation, printed, published and circulated in the City, and by sending written notice to all persons who had requested notice and to all persons suggested by the department heads as prospec- tive bidders, such notices to be published and mailed at least ten (10) days prior to date of sale. SECTION 5: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 2-703.1, which said section reads as follows: Section 2-703.1. Disposition by public auction. If the Director of Finance determines that such surplus property shall be disposed of by auction, he shall designate the person to conduct the auction and the person to act as clerk, to make a record of bids and payments during said auction. The Director may employ professional auctioneers and clerks who shall receive compensation solely out of the proceeds of the auction. All sales shall be for cash and the purchase price shall be paid forthwith upon the sale being declared by the auctioneer. SECTION 6: That Section 2-704 of the Santa Ana Muni- cipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 2-704. Sale of scrap, etc. Items of scrap, metal, paper, wood, etc., that have no value for the purposes for which they were originally designed but are useful only as salvage or scrap, may be sold by the Direc- tor of Finance at any time without public auction, upon the desig- nation of said property as scrap by the head of the department possessing such material. SECTION 7: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the city of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.