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December 6, 2001
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, DECLARING AS SURPLUS PROPERTY ONE (2) MODEL
YEAR 1997 FORD F350 TYPE 1 AMBULANCE; FINDING A PUBLIC NEED
AND NECESSITY IN TRANSFERRING SAID SURPLUS PROPERTY TO
THE LAMAR COUNTY CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS;
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, County Commissioners Carl Steffey and Mike Blackburn likewise have
petitioned 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 Lamar County Chapter of the American Red Cross; 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 findings 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 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 4. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this lOth day of December, 2001.
Michael J. Pfiester, Mayor
ATTEST:
Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Larry W. Schenk, City Attorney