White County Surplus

By Mike Savage
WPPR Demorest

A Northeast Georgia county is joining other municipalities in the state by going online to sell surplus government property.

For the past few days, White county officials have been testing online auction service, Gov-Deals. The company offers auction services primarily for State and local governments that want to use the internet to sell surplus vehicles and property.

White County is auctioning about 20 county vehicles on the site. County Manager Alton Brown says he is hopeful the internet auction site will be more productive than traditional on-site auctions. Brown says the electronic auction could produce “more money, more efficiently, quicker. And as soon as something is declared surplus you can put it online and not have to wait until you get enough equipment to have an auction." He says, "you don’t just auction one vehicle. This gives up the opportunity to auction everything immediately.”

The County says it will evaluate the internet test after the vehicle auctions end early next week. If successful, White County will join a growing number of local governments and state agencies that use online auctions to sell surplus items.