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WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that the transfer of said surplus vehicle
<br />to the Lamar County Chapter of the American Red Cross, and the purposes to which it would be
<br />utilized as a disaster relief vehicle, constitute a public purpose and use to the betterment of the public
<br />health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the city of Paris; and,
<br />WHEREAS, the aforesaid surplus vehicle has value to the City of Paris only as a trade-in
<br />vehicle for purposes of acquiring a new ambulance, and the trade-in value of said vehicle has been
<br />established as $15, 503 .00 based on prior Resolution No. 2001-184, adopted on November 12, 2001,
<br />and the City Council authorized the City Manager to utilize said surplus vehicle as a trade-in to the
<br />Houston-Galveston Area Council of Governments at the value of $15,503.00; and,
<br />WHEREAS, to the extent a portion of the value of said vehicle as a trade-in should be
<br />reimbursed to the City, the Lamar County Chapter of the American Red Cross has previously offered
<br />$5,000.00 to defray in part the value of the vehicle as a trade-in; and,
<br />WHEREAS, the City Council has, by adoption of Resolution No. 2002-022 on January 14,
<br />2002, authorized payment of the remaining value of the trade-in after the adjustment for the
<br />$5,000.00 contributed by the Red Cross, or $10,503.00, to be paid pursuant to the County's current
<br />contract with the City of Paris for ambulance service, whereby Lamar County pays forty percent
<br />(40%) and the City ofParis pays sixty percent (60%) ofthe unreimbursed cost ofthe expenses of said
<br />ambulance service; and,
<br />WHEREAS, the Commissioners Court of Lamar County has further requested the City to
<br />reconsider the donation of the ambulance to the Red Cross and is now willing to contribute an
<br />amount equivalent to fifty percent (50%) of the trade-in value of the ambulance, that is, fifty percent
<br />(50%) of $15,503.00, or $7,751.50, in part in lieu ofthe $5,000.00 offered by the Red Cross, and the
<br />City Council desires to consider the offer by Lamar County and reconsider the terms for donation to
<br />defray the cost of the trade-in value of said ambulance; NOW, THEREFORE,
<br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
<br />TEXAS:
<br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things
<br />approved.
<br />Section 2. That a model year 1997 Ford F350 Type 1 Ambulance, Vehicle Identification
<br />Number IFDKF3FOVEBI8087, currently designated by the City EMS Service as Medic 4, because
<br />of its age, mileage, general condition, and extensive use, shall be and is hereby designated as
<br />obsolescent and surplus property no longer appropriate for use as an ambulance by the City of Paris
<br />EMS Ambulance Service.
<br />Section 3. That the offer of a contribution by Lamar County in the amount of fifty percent
<br />(50%) of the trade-in value of the Medic 4 ambulance, that is, fifty percent (50%) of $15,503.00, or
<br />$7,751.50, to defray fifty percent (50%) of the value of the Medic 4 ambulance as a trade-in towards
<br />the purchase of a new ambulance is hereby accepted.
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