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Sale of surplus property causes tension Plainfield mayor, trustee disagree on auction of cars BY MARNEY SIMON Enterprise Staff @PlainfieldNews news@enterprisepublications.com
The Plainfield Police Department will find a new home for an old vehicle that has outlived its usefulness. On Aug. 7, the village board signed off on an ordinance authorizing the sale of a 2007 Chevy Impala, once used by the police department. The vehicle, which has logged more than 117,000 miles, will go up for auction with a starting price of $1,000. “It originally was in patrol, and in its final uses was used by our DARE officers during the course of their duties,” said Police Chief John Konopek. To sell the vehicle, the village first must declare it surplus property, and then can sell it off. But while that process has been used numerous times over the years to shed the vilSEE PROPERTY PAGE 4
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