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<br />INTERLOCAL COOPERATION CONTRACT <br />BETWEEN THE CITY OF P ARIS, PARIS, TEXAS <br />AND PARIS JUNIOR COLLEGE <br />FOR COMPUTER MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR THE <br />CITY OF PARIS <br /> <br />STATE OF TEXAS <br /> <br />) <br />) <br />) <br /> <br />KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: <br /> <br />COUNTY OF LAMAR <br /> <br />Recitals: <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Chapter 791 of the Texas Government Code, entitled Interlocal Cooperation <br />Contracts, has been adopted by the Texas Legislature for the explicit purpose of increasing the <br />efficiency and the effectiveness oflocal governments by authorizing them to contract, to the greatest <br />possible extent, with one another to jointly participate in projects and programs mutually beneficial <br />to the parties; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, interlocal cooperation contracts allow governmental entities to share personnel, <br />equipment, and other resources thereby avoiding duplication of cost and effort and benefitting not <br />only the individual governmental entities but their taxpaying constituents; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, is a municipal corporation and home-rule city <br />and as such is a political subdivision of the State authorized under Section 791.003 (4) as a local <br />government to participate in interlocal contracts; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section 791.003 (4) of the Texas Local Government Code likewise defines <br />Paris Junior College as a governmental entity authorized to participate in interlocal contracts; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Section 791.011 (b)(2) of the Texas Government Code authorizes interlocal <br />agreements for one governmental entity to provide a governmental function or service for another <br />governmental entity in those instances where each party to the contract is authorized to perform such <br />services individually; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris in the ordinary course of its business maintains a number of <br />computers necessary to the operation of the City government, and requires service assistance in the <br />upkeep and operation of such computer equipment to retain the highest level of efficiency and <br />operating capability for said computers; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Paris Junior College has staff and employees who are highly qualified to <br />provide computer maintenance and operation services of the kind necessary for the City of Paris to <br />be able to maintain its computers at a high operating level; and, <br /> <br />Page I of 6 <br /> <br />c'){HIBIT A! <br />