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F:ALICE\RESWORK\CiJRRENT\ Surplus Scales Resolution
May 4, 2004
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, DECLARING AS SURPLUS A SET OF USED
MECHANICAL SCALES AS PART OF THE ABANDONED EQUIPMENT
IN THE UARCO BUILDING AND AUTHORIZING TRANSFER OF SAID
SCALES TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, BUSTER
COLE STATE JAIL IN BONHAM, TEXAS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS
AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, inmates and supervisors of the Texas Department of Corrections, Buster Cole
State Jail, have provided countless hours of assistance to the City of Paris in removing and clearing
the UARCO Building in preparation for its conversion to a new Police and Municipal Courts facility;
and,
WHEREAS, such dedicated efforts by said inmates and their supervisors have saved the
taxpayers of the City of Paris thousands of dollars in construction costs; and,
WHEREAS, a set of used mechanical scales are a part of the abandoned equipment in the
UARCO building; and,
WHEREAS, it is determined that said scales are of no use to the City of Paris and should be
declared surplus personal property; and,
WHEREAS, representatives of the Buster Cole State Jail have expressed a need for such
scales in the operation of the jail facility; and,
WHEREAS, it is deemed appropriate to transfer said scales to the Texas Department of
Corrections, Buster Cole State Jail in Bonham, Texas, in return for demolition assistance by inmates;
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 set of inechanical scales, the same constituting a part of the abandoned
equipment in the UARCO building, be, and the same is hereby, declared to be surplus property of the
City of Paris, and the same is hereby transferred to the Texas Department of Corrections, Buster Cole
State Jail in Bonham, Texas, in return for the thousands of taxpayers dollars saved as a result of the
outstanding demolition assistance provided by inmates.
Section 3. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this lOth day of May, 2004.
Curtis Fendley, Mayor
ATTEST:
Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Larry W. Schenk, City Attorney