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tfire aot;aratus anci_ ec~uiprlent nov: o~..;ed
~.nd used b- t;ie "j'ity of 2aris is not adFquate for the oroted-
tion of the proerty and lives ci the citizens tliereof ai.d it
is imper"tive that the City of i'aris ini_<ediately accluire suf-
ficient equi-)r:,.ent and au aratus, _-,~.rticularly a iire truck
I'Vith aersal laddar and equipr:ient, tio enable the fire depsrt-
r:ient oi the city to Dro erly comb,t ar.d extinguish iires in
all buildings ar_d structures tifthin said city and tnereby
ade:;uately .,rotect ana s.feguard t;e ~;ro-_)erty and lives of
t.le citizens of t_le City of -;'aris,
~t'-_tiie i~i::iediate __'__E neces:_,it;7 for
t'_ie acquisition of sucn truck and ecuipraent creates an u.r-ent
public neccssityand ar e::,.ergence, -
t't~_e :;aagraves Jorporr::tior. of =+e~-~-r~
i:as olfzred tc s-ll, delivered in sucu~ City~ to t'_ie :%ity of
~aris, a fire ttucr. .ait'rx aerial laudez aric: otnei, equiprnent
corisidered sufiicient for the purposes h"reinaoove -,:.entioned
at a total eost of $ 34,1y,Q__~, t'rle initial pay_zent due
t1nereon beinr, t~ne sun of it is necessary ana advisable to -.)ur-
c::ase sucr trucr vrit.: aerial lacder and otiler eqiup,;:ent for
the parposes above _ienticned ar.u t.'lere •are not sufficie:nt
f'unds on hand in the epartr.:ent Uapital Investment -'und
to -a;; t:-.e initial payr-ient ori sa::e, but t::.ere is nov? or liand
in tiie Contingent -~'una a sufiicie.7t surplus to pay t1le sui~: of
.;13, 500.00 t n:;re fro.;i on t.le ;~urc ~-_a.~e price oi such f ire truel>
az.d sucii &um sr.ould be translerred _`i•o__ tlat-, jontingei-it Fund
for sucn purpose
to tiie ire :.)e ~)urt--♦e nt :.apital lnvestr.:ent ?und/as autnoi°ized
by the ~ity ~narter of tue ~ity of i-,aris in sucli cases of
e Ytabli s'ze d e:_.ergerlcy,
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l. i:_at t:.., inaae:I uacy oi t_s0 LL'ire a-~-)arstu.s 4not-
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and ekuipment no.: otitned by the City oi _Paris anu- ti:e inmc,diate
::nu ur~ent reea ior additios~al lir•e ap_:aratus and e,ui..::nt,
_:articularly, a fir:; truck ~;itlhl aerial ladder and ecuipr.E:nt
sufiicient to comb4t arii extin-_.uish iires in all buildin~;s
az~d str•uctures within said ~I'ity, ior tiie proper protection
oi property ano. l--Lve s of t,-ze citizens cl ssid ::ity creates
ar e:,:ergency and imLnaediate public nece s-,ity, azid an e-:er•-
gency is hereby deci.ared.
2. `i^_.at becaase of suca a-aergency and iLmddiat.e
public -r.e cesc- ity, it is iL7perativ° t'.:•at suc'n, f'i;,e trucIt and
ecuipm~ent be ac~.,.:ired by by tr.e ',ity o_' Paris at once and
t'.at sufiicient tur,ds o~ t:~ie ity o-' T'aris bE allocatea ~°or
such purpose.
3. i`:.at t_ze fire tnuck -;?i t'i aerial laacter and
e7uipment offered to t:~;e ~;ity cf :a~•,is ::cr t.-e suia oi 0 21 9
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, ir~;;erative because of sucn er~.~rgeney that
purpose, it bein
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o;~ t'~ic _;ea~y_°aves Corpol•~atior. oi is the nroper
:ent to ":e purc:.ased ior t~~e purposes n~reinabove set oui;
~:r.G. saould be ,,urc:_aseo. ~ ttie rice ~3uove staied.
4. ~_at, in accorciance v;ith ti~e provisions oi t~.e
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~.?arter of t':le ~ity of 'aris in suc2 cases of establisneci
e::.ergency, t:~c su:.. of ,:13,500.G0 be. tlansFerred from the '"on-
tir,gent ~und, in t-ahich fund tii3re is a suificient suryplus 1'or
sucli trarts~er, tc trie~'ire ~e~art:,er_t '%apital Investl:e;~t :'uri~:,
v;~zich funci czoes not nov. 'rlave on ~a :d sui f'icient iunds ior such
such transfer be eiiected.
5. i:_at t!-ie "ity --anager be, and he is 'nereby author-
ized and uirected to efiect suca transfer of iunc3s, to --onclude
t1ae purc:~ase of such fire truck and to appiy tine funds abibve
r::entioned tor:ard the ;~fdre:iase price of sat:.e.
rassed and ap roved by the ::ity Council uf tiie C,ity
of '='aris in reCular r:.eetin; this tile 23rd day of Janyary, 1950.
:.:a;; or
City Clerk.
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