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Mills, Michael
From: Tom Fegan [Tomfegan@propertybureau.coml
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 5:09 PM
To: Mills, Michael'
Subject: RE: Contract
Hey Mike� Good to hear from you. "Happy New Year"! Call the Broward County Sheriffs attorney Jeff Hessler @
954-881-8920. He looked into all the legal ramifications and has been a great reference. Also, their Property
Room Supervisor Yolanda (Yoli) Velazquez @ 954-765-4352 handles all the "public notifications" required by
Florida Law. I've attached a auction notice from Ft. Lauderdale for your review, Some Chiefs were talking about
tetting the wotds"oh-iine" Out in the statute, but I don't know if it went anywhere, Let me know if You heed
'anythitig' Oise.
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From: Mills, Michael [mai[W:MMills@c4ofsouthmiami.net)
Sat: Friday, January 02, 20041 :44 PM
To: Tomfegan@propertybureau.com'
Subject: Contract
Tom,
]Believe it or not, I think we're finally getting somewhere.
We just have one last question:
How do other agencies say they're complying with Florida State law which requires these
items to go to auction. Has anyone obtained a legal opinion that this type of auctioning
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Please provide me the names of some of the other Florida agencies involved,
Thanks.
And happy new year:
Michael S, Mills; Assistant Chief
South Miami Police Department
6130 Sunset Drive
South Miami, F1.313143
Phone: 305-663-6310
Fax: 305-60-6151
Cellular: 305-283-6735
Pager: 305-732-1598
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Martinez, Orlando
From: Mills, Michael
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 4:20 PM
To: Martinez, Orlando
Cc: Salerno, Dan
Subject: Property Bureau Inc.
Chief,
Michael S. Mills, Assistant Chief
South Miami Police Department
6130 Sunset Drive
South Miami, Fl. 33 143
Pager: 305-732-1598
12/12/2003
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24/7 year -round online auction at Steal It Back.com; Limited selling dates and bidding time of 4 to 6 hours
bidding runs 7 to 10 days
Unlimited worldwide buyer potential — initially up to Limited local buyer participation
50 million people per month; encourages high bid price
{ All forms of payment accepted, including credit card, Cash receipts must be handled
EFT and bank instruments
Property Bureau digitally photographs
and merchandises items individually
Complete audit trail back to case file number
Property Bureau handles packing, shipping,
customer service
Revenues wired to partner agencies on frequent basis;
increase cash flow and interest earnings
As items become available, Property Bureau
personnel place them in Steal It Back.com auction
for quick disposal
Police personnel time devoted to sorting items
into lots for auction
No audit trail on auction items
Buyers responsible for picking up items they
win at auction
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Limited auction dates require item storage
between auctions
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