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DRAFT G:\Attorney\Lisa\Resolutions\CiJRRENT\Ambulance-Medic 4-Surplus & Donation.wpd January 12, 2002 RESOLUTION NO. 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 CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS; ACCEPTING THE DONATION FROM THE LAMAR COUNTY CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AND THE CONTRIBUTION FROM LAMAR COUNTY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CURRENT AMBULANCE CONTRACT WITH LAMAR COUNTY, TO DEFRAY A PORTION OF THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE AS A TRADE-IN TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF A NEW AMBULANCE; 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 aforesaid surplus vehicle has value to the City of Paris only as a trade-in vehicle for purposes of acquiring a new ambulance, and the trade-in value of said vehicle has been established as $15, 503 .00 based on prior Resolution No. 2001-184, adopted on November 12, 2001, and the City Council authorized the City Manager to utilize said surplus vehicle as a trade-in to the Houston-Galveston Area Council of Governments at the value of $15,503.00; and,