2001-153-RES APPROVING EXTENSION OF EMS SERVICES TO THE AREA OF LAMAR COUNTY

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RESOLUTION NO. 2001-153 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING THE EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO THAT AREA OF LAMAR COUNTY, STATE OF TEXAS, OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PARIS; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATION CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PARIS AND THE COUNTY OF LAMAR FOR SUCH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris has been requested by the County of Lamar, State of Texas, to provide emergency medical services to that area of Lamar County outside the city limits of Paris; and, WHEREAS, the form ofthe Emergency Medical Services Interlocal Cooperation Contract, entered into pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 791 of the Texas Government Code, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A, should, in all things, be approved, and the Mayor of the City of Paris and the County Judge of the County of Lamar should be authorized to execute the same; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, AND THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF THE COUNTY OF LAMAR: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That emergency medical services be extended to that area of Lamar County, State of Texas, outside the city limits of Paris. Section 3. That, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 791 ofthe Texas Government Code, the form of the Emergency Medical Services Interlocal Cooperation Contract for providing such ser{ices, attached hereto as Exhibit A, be, and the same is hereby, approved. Section 4. That the Mayor ofthe City of Paris and the County Judge ofthe County of Lamar be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to execute, on behalf of the City of Paris and the County of Lamar, respectively, the Emergency Medical Services Interlocal Cooperation Contract, under the terms and conditions and in the form shown in Exhibit A, attached hereto. Section 5. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage.