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�#`z <br />P� �l� <br />r TEXAS � <br />Department 48 <br />Traffic and Public Lighting <br />2012-2013 Budget <br />The Director of Public Works is the administrative officer for this division of the Public Works Department. <br />Personnel in this division are responsible for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the city's traffic <br />control devices. Pavement markings, signs, and signals are maintained for the safe and efficient flow of traffic. <br />Streetlights are funded through this department. <br />Department 49 <br />Garage <br />The Director of Public Works is the administrative officer for this division of the Public Works Department. <br />Employees of this division are responsible for the maintenance and servicing of city owned vehicles, equipment, <br />and machinery. <br />Department 54 <br />Emergency Medical Service <br />The EMS Administrator is the administrative officer for this department. Employees of this division provide <br />emergency and non-emergency ambulance service within the city and to the rural areas and other cities of Lamar <br />County through a contractual relationship with Lamar County. Long distance ambulance transportation is <br />provided for patients requiring treatment or facilities not available in Paris. Three ambulances are staffed and <br />equipped at the Mobile Intensive Care Unit level around the clock. A fourth ambulance provides non-emergency <br />transportation form 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. A call crew is available around the clock <br />by beeper. Office personnel of theis division are responsible for the billing and collection of the EMS Acounts <br />receivable. The EMS Division coordinates, trains and promotes the First Responder Program throughout Lamar <br />County and also promotes the Think Child Safety Program, Think Senior Safety Program, and the Mobile Safety <br />Vehicle Program. <br />Department 61 <br />Cox Field Airport <br />The Director of Community Development is the administrative officer responsible for this department. Cox Field is <br />the city owned and operated municipal airport. Airport facilities are maintained for commercial and general <br />aviation activities and are an important asset in promoting business and industrial economic activity in the <br />community. More than eighty percent of flight operations at Cox Field are business related. The airport provides <br />transportation opportunities for the medical community and for several large corporations that have facilities in <br />Paris. Revenues include collections from the rental of hangers and from fuel sales by the fixed base operator who <br />leases space from the city. Most of the funding for maintenance of the facilities is provided by the Federal <br />Aviation Administration and by the Texas Department of Transportation, Aviation Division <br />