Library Board approved July 16, 2002. Revised August 26, 2025.
In accordance with the Local Library Act, 75 ILCS 5/4-16, when the Board has determined to sell or otherwise dispose of real or personal property that it deems no longer necessary or useful for library purposes, such property may be sold or disposed of according to this Policy.
- Any personal property of any value may be donated or sold to any other tax supported library or to any library system under such terms and conditions as the Board may determine.
- Personal property having a unit value of $1,000 or less may, at the discretion of the Executive Director, be discarded, donated to other tax supported or not-for-profit educational or charitable institutions including the Friends of the Oak Park Public Library, or made available for sale to the public.
- Personal property having a unit value of more than $1,000 but less than $2,500 may be displayed at the library, and a public notice of its availability, the date of the proposed sale, and terms of the proposed sale will be posted.
- In all other cases, the Board will advertise the sale of real or personal property pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Local Library Act, 75 ILCS 5/4-16(4).