1987-054-RES WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris is interested in pursuing all historically significant records
RESOLUTION NO, 87-054
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris is
interested in pursuing all historically significant records
including those that pertain to the Paris Fire Department;
and,
WHEREAS, The Lamar County Historical Society has begun
a project entitled Paris Fire Department Historical Project
whose chairperson is Debbie Burks; and,
WHEREAS, it is right and proper that the City of Paris,
Paris Fire Department and its Chief cooperate in said
project and that the agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A,
should be approved; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARIS, That the agreement with The Lamar County Historical
Society attached hereto as Exhibit A, be, and the same is
hereby approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That Steve Burgin, Chief, Paris
Fire Department, be, and he is hereby authorized and direct-
ed to execute on behalf of the City of Paris the agreement
in the form of Exhibit A, attached hereto, with The Lamar
County Historical Society.
Passed and adopted this 11th day of May, 1987.
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ATTEST:
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Mattie Cunningham, Ci y er
D AS TO FORM:
PARIS FIRE DEPARTMENT HISTORICAL PROJECT
Sponsored By
The Lamar County Historical Society
Paris, Texas
PURPOSE - The Lamar County Historical Society, in cooperation with the Paris
Fire Department, shall seek to catalog, preserve, and/or display such
items as shall be deemed historical in nature, pertaining directly
or indirectly to the Fire Department of the City of Paris.
ADMINISTRATION - The project shall be administered by the Lamar County
Historical Society Project Chairman Debbie Burks, Paris Fire Chief
Steve Burgin, and Lamar County Historical Society President Glen
Gambill.
OWNERSHIP - Ownership of items currently in the possession of the Fire
Department of the City of Paris shall remain the property of said
department as long as those items shall be maintained in a manner which
shall preserve them. If no longer retained or maintained by the Fire
Department of the City of Paris, ownership of all such items shall
be transferred to the Lamar County Historical Society.
Future items shall be accepted at the discretion of the project
administration. Those items which shall be donated after the date of
this agreement shall be the property of the Lamar County Historical
Society unless the donor specifically request that such items become
the property of the Fire Department of the City of Paris, in which case
ownership must be stated in the gift agreement. All furniture (i.e. filing
cabinets, display cases, etc.) purchased by the Society shall remain
the property of said Society.
AMENDMENTS - This agreement may be amended with the approval of both the
Lamar County Historical Society and the Paris Fire Department.
TERMINATION - This agreement may be terminated at the request of either the
Lamar County Historical Society or the Fire Department, City of Paris,
by written request and with at least thirty days notice. Termination
may be completed prior to thirty days if agreeable to both parties.
The Lamar County Historical Society and the Fire Department of the City of
Paris hereby agree to abide by the conditions set forth herein,
effective date: May 11, 1987
Lamar County Historical Society President
Date
Lamar County Historical Society Project Chairman
Date
City of Paris Fire Chief
Date
Approved as to Form:
Paris City Attorney
Date
EXHIBIT "A"