2002-027-RES REPEAL RESOLUTIONS 2001-184 AND 2002-003
RESOLUTION NO. 2002-027
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, REPEALING RESOLUTIONS NOS. 2001-184 AND 2002-
003; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A NEW PURCHASE ORDER
FOR ONE (1) AMBULANCE THROUGH THE HOUSTON-GALVESTON
AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS; PROVIDING FOR FUNDING IN
LIEU OF TRADE-IN; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS
RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, did heretofore, on the
12th day of November, 2001, in Resolution No. 2001-184, authorize and direct the City Manager
to execute a purchase order for one (1) 2002 Ford F350 Type 1 Ambulance for a net purchase
price of $72,220.95, which represents a base price for the ambulance of $86,300.00, plus a
Houston-Galveston Area Council of Governments administrative fee of $1,423.95, less
$15,503.00, which is the value of the City's trade-in, surplus obsolete vehicle, designated Medic
4; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council, by adoption of Resolution No. 2002-026 on February 11,
2002, has determined a public purpose in transferring ownership of Medic 4 to the Lamar County
Chapter of the American Red Cross and has authorized said transfer of ownership, and as a
consequence, the trade-in value of the transferred vehicle will not be available to the City as part
of the payment for the new ambulance; and,
WHEREAS, as part of the process of declaring the Medic 4 ambulance as surplus and
transferring same to the Lamar County Chapter of the American Red Cross, and recognizing the
trade-in value of the surplus vehicle to be $15,503.00, the City Council accepted an offer of
donation of $5,000.00 from the Lamar County Chapter of the American Red Cross, leaving
$10,503.00 remaining of the value of the trade-in; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council, cognizant of the request for the City to donate said
ambulance to the Red Cross, adopted Resolution No. 2002-002 on January 14, 2002, thereby
authorizing the remaining cost of the trade-in value, that is, $10,503.00, to be paid pursuant to
the County's current contract with the City of Paris for emergency ambulance service, whereby
Lamar County defrays forty percent (40 %) and the City of Paris defrays sixty percent (60 %) of
the unreimbursed expense of operating the emergency ambulance service; and,
WHEREAS, Lamar County has now offered a donation of $7,751.50, or fifty percent
(50%) of the value of the trade-in, in lieu of the prior arrangement involving a contribution by the
Red Cross; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council is pleased and prepared to provide the remaining fifty
percent (50%) of the value of the trade-in, or $7,751.50 from City Council funds, to enable
transfer of said surplus ambulance to the Red Cross; and,
WHEREAS, it is deemed appropriate that said Resolutions Nos. 2001-184 and 2002-003
be repealed and that the City Manager be authorized to execute a new purchase order for one (1)
2002 Ford F350 Type 1 Ambulance for a total purchase price of $87,723.95, which represents a
base price for the ambulance of $86,300.00, plus a Houston-Galveston Area Council of
Governments administrative fee of $1,423.95; 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 Resolution No.2oo1-184, passed and adopted by the City Council on the
12th day of November, 2001, and Resolution No. 2002-003, passed and adopted by the City
Council of the 14th day of January, 2002, be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Section 3. That the City Manager be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to execute,
on behalf of the City of Paris, a purchase order for one (1) 2002 Ford F350 Type 1 Ambulance
for a total purchase price of $87,723.95, which represents a base price for the ambulance of
$86,300.00, plus a Houston-Galveston Area Council of Governments administrative fee of
$1,423.95, and in lieu of the value of the surplus vehicle for trade-in purposes, the City Council
hereby authorizes funds to be expended from a donation in the amount of $7,751.50 from Lamar
County, with the remaining unreimbursed trade-in value of the surplus vehicle, in the amount of
$7,751.50, to be paid from City Council Account #01-1004-11-99, for a total of $15,503.00.
Section 4. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 11th day of February, 2002.
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