At any time after the expiration of the three-month period referred to in Section 2.28.010, the public safety director may publish once in a newspaper distributed in the city, and post in the three places designated by council resolution, a notice of the director’s intention to sell at public auction to the highest bidder, at the time and place therein specified, all such unclaimed personal property; provided, however, that the foregoing provision shall not apply to cash or money which is turned in and is unclaimed for said period. The sale of unclaimed property pursuant to this chapter shall be held not less than five days after the publication of the notice thereof, and each item shall be separately sold at public auction to the highest bidder. Money or cash which is turned in and is unclaimed for said period shall be returned to the person finding and turning in same. (Ord. 96-25 § 1(5), 1996; Ord. 79-8 § 2, 1979)