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<br />January 12, 2002
<br />RESOLUTION NO.
<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
<br />PARIS, TEXAS, REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 2001-184; AUTHORIZING
<br />THE EXECUTION OF A NEW PURCHASE ORDER FOR ONE (1)
<br />AMBULANCE THROUGH THE HOUSTON-GALVESTON AREA
<br />COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS; PROVIDING FOR FUNDING IN LIEU OF
<br />TRADE-IN; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED
<br />TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
<br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, did heretofore, on the 12th
<br />day of November, 2001, in Resolution No. 2001-184, authorize and direct the City Manager to
<br />execute a purchase order for one (1) 2002 Ford F350 Type 1 Ambulance for a net purchase price of
<br />$72,220.95, which represents a base price for the ambulance of $86,300.00, plus a Houston-
<br />Galveston Area Council of Governments administrative fee of $1,423.95, less $15,503.00, which is
<br />the value of the City's trade-in, surplus obsolete vehicle, designated Medic 4; and,
<br />WHEREAS, the City Council, by adoption of Resolution No. 2002- on January 14,
<br />2002, has determined a public purpose in transferring ownership of Medic 4 to the Lamar County
<br />Chapter of the American Red Cross and has authorized said transfer of ownership, and as a
<br />consequence, the trade-in value of the transferred vehicle will not be available to the City as part of
<br />the payment for the new ambulance; and,
<br />WHEREAS, as part of the process of declaring the Medic 4 ambulance as surplus and
<br />transferring same to the Lamar County Chapter of the American Red Cross, and recognizing the
<br />trade-in value of the surplus vehicle to be $15, 503 .00, the City Council accepted an offer of donation
<br />of $7,000.00 from the Lamar County Chapter of the American Red Cross, leaving $8,503.00
<br />remaining of the value of the trade-in; and,
<br />WHEREAS, the Commissioners Court of Lamar County, Texas, likewise offered, and the
<br />City Council, by adoption of Resolution No. 2002- on January 14, 2002, accepted said offer,
<br />to defray forty percent (40%) of the remaining cost of the trade-in value, that is forty percent (40%)
<br />of $8,503.00, or $3,401.20, pursuant to the County's current contract with the City of Paris for
<br />emergency ambulance service whereby Lamar County defrays forty percent (40%) and the City of
<br />Paris defrays sixty percent (60%) ofthe unreimbursed expense of operating the emergency ambulance
<br />service; and,
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