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<br />RESOLUTION NO. Q7-n~, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, a "First Responder" organization is a group or association of certified <br />emergency medical services personnel that, working in cooperation with a licensed emergency <br />medical services provider, provides immediate on-scene care to ill or injured persons but does not <br />transport those persons; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Health has promulgated rules permitting and <br />encouraging "First Responder" organizations; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the citizens of the City of Paris and the County <br />of Lamar who are served by the City of Paris Emergency Medical Service that such Emergency <br />Medical Service act as the licensed transporting provider for "First Responder" organizations <br />within its jurisdiction in order to encourage the establishment of such organizations; NOW, <br />THEREFORE, <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, that the <br />City of Paris, by and through its Emergency Medical Service, shall act as the licensed transporting <br />provider for "First Responder" organizations within the jurisdiction of such Emergency Medical <br />Service; and, <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that City Manager of the City of Paris, Michael E. <br />Malone, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to execute, on behalf of the City of Paris, <br />cooperative agreements with qualifying groups or associations desiring to form "First Responder" <br />organizations within the jurisdiction of the City of Paris Emergency Medical Service. <br /> <br />PASSED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of May, 1~ <br /> <br />~:,) ~ <br /> <br />Eric S. Clifford, Mayor <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />~~\\.'-, ~~C\~j <br />Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk <br /> <br />