2002-026-RES DECLARE AS SURPLUS PROPERTY ONE 1997 FORD F350 TYPE 1 AMBULANCE

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RESOLUTION NO. 2002-026 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, DECLARING AS SURPLUS PROPERTY ONE (1) MODEL YEAR 1997 FORD F350 TYPE 1 AMBULANCE; FINDING A PUBLIC NEED AND NECESSITY IN TRANSFERRING SAID SURPLUS PROPERTY TO THE LAMAR COUNTY CHAPrER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS; ACCEPTING A DONATION FROM LAMAR COUNTY TO DEFRAY FIFTY PERCENT (50%) OF THE TRADE-IN VALUE OF SAID AMBULANCE; APPROVING DONATION OF SAID AMBULANCE TO THE RED CROSS; AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY THE CITY OF PARIS OF THE REMAINING VALUE OF SAID AMBULANCE AS A TRADE-IN TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF A NEW AMBULANCE; REPEALING PRIOR RESOLUTION NO. 2002-002; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City EMS Ambulance Service has identified an existing model year 1997 Ford F350 Type 1 Ambulance, designated Medic 4 by the City Ambulance Service, as a vehicle and piece of equipment, because of age, mileage, and use, no longer considered necessary for ambulance purposes and thereby considered surplus equipment; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, desires to designate said ambulance as surplus equipment; and, WHEREAS, the practice of the City in the past has been to utilize such surplus ambulance equipment for its trade-in value in acquiring new ambulance equipment; and, WHEREAS, the Lamar County Chapter of the American Red Cross by and through its Executive Director, Ms. Lisa McAllister, has petitioned the City Council of the City of Paris to transfer said equipment to the American Red Cross for subsequent use as a disaster relief vehicle; and, WHEREAS, the Red Cross has indicated such a disaster vehicle would be used to treat local victims of the city and the county in a disaster; would be used as a canteen to serve food, provide blankets, and other basic necessities during a disaster; would be used in the city and the county as a first aid station for a variety of community purposes; and would be used to replace an existing disaster vehicle currently in a state of disrepair; and, WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that the transfer of said surplus vehicle to the Lamar County Chapter of the American Red Cross, and the purposes to which it would be utilized as a disaster relief vehicle, constitute a public purpose and use to the betterment of the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the city of Paris; and,