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ORONO POLICE DEPARTMENT <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />Date: October 26, 2015 <br />Item No: 16 <br /> <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Department Approval: Administrator Reviewed: Agenda Section: <br />Name: Correy Farniok RJO City Administrator <br />Title: Police Chief <br />_____________________________________________________________________________ <br />Item Description: Disposal of Bicycles <br />_____________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />DISCUSSION: <br /> <br />The Orono Police Department has 15 bicycles that have been turned in to the department. The <br />bikes were found or abandoned within the city. The following bicycles have not been claimed. <br />All of the bicycles have been in the department’s possession for more than 60 days. The police <br />department considers the bicycles as abandoned property and would like to dispose of them by <br />donating them to Re-Cycle, Inc. or WeCan (Western Communities Action Network, Inc.) in <br />Mound. Re-Cycle is a company that takes old, damaged and poor condition bikes and uses the <br />parts to repair bikes for children and young adults in the metro area. The bicycles that are in good <br />condition will be given to WeCan. WeCan will give the bicycles to children and young adults in <br />the community that are in need of a bicycle. Those bicycles cannot be fixed/used will be destroyed <br />by Orono Public Works. <br /> <br /> <br />COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: <br /> <br />Recommend a motion to approve the disposal of the bicycles to Re-Cycle, Inc or WeCan in <br />Mound. <br /> <br /> <br />