2000-029-RES APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT

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RESOLUTION NO. 2000-029 A RESOLUTION 01<' THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN INTERWCAL COOPERATION CONTRACT WITH PARIS JUNIOR COLLEGE FOR COMPUTER MAINTENANCE SERVICES; MAKING OTHER }'INDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN E}'FECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Manager did heretofore establish a Technology Team consisting of City employees from each department within the City for the purposes of make recommendations regarding the City's hardware, software, and Internet needs; and, WHEREAS, the Technology Team has recommended the need to retain the services of qualified on-site information technology specialists to administer and operate the City's computer network, equipment, peripherals and software; to develop, maintain, and monitor the City's Local Area Network (LAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN); to install, test, and oversee all PC network hardware, personal computers, software, and related equipment; and to diagnose and repair the City's network, computers, and software; and, WHEREAS, Chapter 791 of the Texas Government Code, entitled Interlocal Cooperation Contracts, has been adopted by the Texas Legislature for the explicit purpose of increasing the efficiency and the effectiveness oflocal governments by authorizing them to contract, to the greatest possible extent, with one another to jointly participate in projects and programs mutually beneficial to the parties; and, WHEREAS, interlocal cooperation contracts allow governmental entities to share personnel, equipment, and other resources thereby avoiding duplication of cost and effort and benefitting not only the individual governmental entities but their taxpaying constituents; and, WHEREAS, the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, is a municipal corporation and home-rule city and as such is a political subdivision of the State authorized under Section 791.003 (4) as a local government to participate in interlocal contracts; and, WHEREAS, Section 791.003 (4) of the Texas Local Government Code likewise defines Paris Junior College as a governmental entity authorized to participate in interlocal contracts; and, WHEREAS, Section 791.011 (b)(2) of the Texas Government Code authorizes interlocal agreements for one governmental entity to provide a governmental function or service for another governmental entity in those instances where each party to the contract is authorized to perform such services individually; and, WHEREAS, the City of Paris in the ordinary course of its business maintains a number of computers necessary to the operation of the City government, and requires service assistance in the upkeep and operation of such computer equipment to retain the highest level of efficiency and operating capability for said computers; and,