A.   Pursuant to the authority of Government Code Section 25537, as an alternative to the procedures required by Government Code Sections 25526 through 25535 for the leasing of any real property belonging to the county, the procedures contained in this chapter may be utilized whenever the board of supervisors determines it is for the best interest of the county.

B.   The alternative procedure for the leasing of any real property belonging to the county shall be as follows:

A.   Pursuant to Government Code Section 25537(b), the board of supervisors may exclude from the bidding procedures required by Government Code Sections 25526 through 25535 and from the alternative procedures for the leasing of county-owned real property prescribed by this chapter those leases of a duration not exceeding five years and having a monthly rental not exceeding two thousand dollars per month if the procedures specified in subsection B of this section are followed.

B.   Leases of a duration not exceeding five years and having a monthly rental not exceeding two thousand dollars per month may be excluded from the bidding procedures otherwise required by state law or this chapter if a notice describing the property proposed to be leased, the terms of the lease, the location where leases will be executed, and the name of any county officer authorized to execute the lease is posted in the office of the county clerk and is published in advance of at least one time in a newspaper of general circulation within the county of Madera. The actual monthly rental for leases so excluded shall not exceed two thousand dollars per month, the term of the executed leases shall not exceed five years, and the leases are not renewable. Any such leases must be approved and their execution authorized by the board of supervisors at a regular or special meeting.