The head of any department may declare any personal property held by such department surplus. Such declaration shall be in writing, and such property, together with such written declaration, shall be delivered to the purchasing officer. The purchasing officer shall store such property and maintain a written inventory for review by each department head of the city. If any department head has use of such property, he may so request from the purchasing officer who shall have the authority to assign the property to any department able to make best use of such property. If, however, no department head makes request for the use of such property in his department after such inventory has been circulated at least once, then the property shall be finally deemed surplus. (Ord. 88-16 Art. 2 § 16, 1988)