Purchasing Services begins bike removal process

<p>Purchasing Services started tagging abandoned bikes on campus Wednesday, May 23. Bikes are considered abandoned if they are unusable and have rust, bent frames, flat tires or any other missing parts. <strong>Rachel Ellis, DN&nbsp;</strong></p>

Purchasing Services started tagging abandoned bikes on campus Wednesday, May 23. Bikes are considered abandoned if they are unusable and have rust, bent frames, flat tires or any other missing parts. Rachel Ellis, DN 

Beginning Wednesday, bikes that are left on campus may be removed. 

Any bike that falls into the categories of rust, bent frames, flat tires or any missing parts that make it unusable will be tagged for removal, said. Anna Arison, director of purchasing services. 

“We usually go two weeks after Ball State students leave for graduation or move out,” Arison said. “We go out and we tag bikes.”

The small red tag purchasing services puts on the bikes represent the beginning of a two-week period in which the owner has to remove the bike. Emails were sent to students making them aware of the tagging process Wednesday .  On June 8, when the tagging period is complete, welders and university police will begin removing bikes. 

“Once the bikes are still there, and they have not been removed, we will take them” Arison said. We have a list of items we have … We will then keep them on campus for at least six months, that gives students six months to claim their items.“ 

In order to claim a bike  a student will need one of the following: the key to the bikelock or the vending number of the bike. If a student has either of these within the six-month period, the bike will be released back to their possession. 

For the bikes that aren’t claimed within the six-month period, owners will go through a different process After six months, the bikes are considered university property, and will be sold. 

“If no one claims their bike we keep it at the university,” Arison said. “Then we sell it and put it in the auction. Students are welcome to buy it back and the auction is open to the public.” 

Contact Pauleina Brunnemer with comments at pdbrunnemer@bsu.edu or on Twitter @pauleina15

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