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A RESOLUTION OF THE LAMAR COUNl'Y COMMISSIONERS COURT AUTHORIZING A FORTY PERCENT (40%) CONTRIBUTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNTY'S EXISTING CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF PARIS FOR EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE TO DEFRAY A PORTION OF THE TRADE-IN VALUE OF A SURPLUS AMBULANCE TO BE DONATED TO THE LAMAR COUNTY CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS FOR USE AS A DISASTER RELIEF VEHICLE; 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 Ciry of Paris, Paris, Texas, has heretofore authorized the exchange of said surplus vehicle as a trade-in towards the purchase of a new ambulance, with a trade-in value of $15,503.00; and, WHEREAS, the Lamar Counry Chapter of the American Red Cross, by and through its Executive Director, 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 Lamaz County Chapter of the American Red Cross has offered a donation in the amount of $7,000.00 to defray a portion of the value of the aforesaid surplus vehicle as a trade-in for a new ambulance; and, WHEREAS, in order to support the City of Paris and the American Red Cross in the endeavor to provide the Red Cross a disaster relief vehicle, the Lamar County Commissioners Court desires the expenditure by Lamaz County of forty percent (40°l0) of the remaining trade-in value of the surplus vehicle, that is, forry percent (40%) of $8,503.00, or $3,401.20, as said forty percent (40%) represents the County's shaze of the unreimbursed expense of operating the ambulance service pursuant to the existing ambulance service contract between Lamaz County and the City of Paris; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LAMAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all tttings approved. Section 2. That Lamaz County does hereby endorse and support the transfer of an existing model year 1997 Ford F350 Type 1 Ambulance, designated Medic 4 by the Ciry of Paris Ambulance Service, to be transfened by the City of Pazis to the Lamar County Chapter of the American Red Cross for subsequent use as a disaster relief vehicle.