2002-002-RES DECLARE AS SURPLUS PROPERTY ONE 1997 FORD F350 TYPE 1 AMBULANCE
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RESOLUTION NO. 2002-002
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, DECLARING AS SURPLUS PROPERTY ONE (1) MODEL
YEAR 1997 FORD F3S0 TYPE 1 AMBULANCE; FINDING A PUBLIC NEED
AND NECESSITY IN TRANSFERRING SAID SURPLUS PROPERTY TO
THE LAMAR COUNTY CHAPfER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS;
ACCEPTING A DONATION FROM THE LAMAR COUNTY CHAPTER OF
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS; APPROVING A REQUEST FROM LAMAR
COUNTY FOR CONTRIBUTION OF SAID AMBULANCE TO THE RED
CROSS; AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF THE REMAINING VALUE OF
SAID AMBULANCE AS A TRADE-IN TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF A
NEW AMBULANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CURRENT
AMBULANCE CONTRACT WITH LAMAR COUNTY; 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,
200 1, 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,
WHEREAS, to the extent a portion of the value of said vehicle as a trade-in should be
reimbursed to the City, the Lamar County Chapter of the American Red Cross has offered
$5,000.00 to defray in part the value of the vehicle as a trade-in; and,
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WHEREAS, the Commissioners Court of Lamar County, by and through the Honorable
M. C. Superville, County Judge, has requested the City, on behalf of Lamar County, to act
favorably on the request of the Lamar County Chapter of the American Red Cross for transfer of
the aforesaid surplus vehicle to be used as a disaster relief vehicle by the Red Cross; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has authorized payment of the remaining value of the trade-
in after the adjustment for the $5,000.00 contributed by the Red Cross, or $10,503.00, to be paid
pursuant to the County's current contract with the City of Paris for ambulance service, whereby
Lamar County pays forty percent (40 %) and the City of Paris pays sixty percent (60 %) of the
unreimbursed cost of the expenses of said ambulance service; and,
WHEREAS, the Red Cross has indicated such a disaster vehicle would be used to treat
local victims of the city and the county in a disaster; would be used as a canteen to serve food,
provide blankets, and other basic necessities during a disaster; would be used in the city and the
county as a first aid station for a variety of community purposes; and would be used to replace an
existing disaster vehicle currently in a state of disrepair; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that the transfer of said surplus vehicle
to the Lamar County Chapter of the American Red Cross, and the purposes to which it would be
utilized as a disaster relief vehicle, constitute a public purpose and use to the betterment of the
public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the city of Paris; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That the fmdings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all
things approved.
Section 2. That a model year 1997 Ford F350 Type 1 Ambulance, Vehicle Identification
Number IFDKF3FOVEBI8087, currently designated by the City EMS Service as Medic 4,
because of its age, mileage, general condition, and extensive use, shall be and is hereby designated
as obsolescent and surplus property no longer appropriate for use as an ambulance by the City of
Paris EMS Ambulance Service.
Section 3. That the offer of a $5,000.00 contribution by the Lamar County Chapter of the
American Red Cross to defray a portion of the value of the Medic 4 ambulance as a trade-in
towards the purchase of a new ambulance is hereby accepted.
Section 4. That the request of Lamar County for the City to transfer said ambulance to
the Lamar County Chapter of the American Red Cross is hereby approved, and the City Council
hereby directs that the remaining value of said ambulance as a trade-in, after contribution by the
Red Cross, that is, $10,503.00, shall be paid pursuant to and in accordance with the County's
current contract with the City of Paris whereby Lamar County pays forty percent (40%) and the
City of Paris pays sixty percent (60%) of the unreimbursed expense of operating the emergency
ambulance service.
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Section S. That because of the overwhelming public purpose to be served as specified in
this resolution by using said surplus vehicle as a disaster relief vehicle, the aforesaid surplus
vehicle is hereby authorized for transfer to the Lamar County Chapter of the American Red Cross.
Section 6. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 14th day of January, 2002.
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ATTEST:
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Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: