04-C1 Prof Serv Agrmt American Red Cross

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DRAFT RESOLUTION NO. f:attorney\reswork\currentlSpecialized Services Prof Serv Contract Res - American Red Cross 2007 October I, 2007 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, LAMAR COUNTY CHAPTER TO PERFORM CERTAIN SPECIALIZED SERVICES ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PARIS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, The American Red Cross, Lamar County Chapter, hereinafter referred to as Service Organization, possesses certain specialized expertise, personnel, equipment, and training necessary to provide certain community based specialized services unique to said organization and unavailable from any other readily available source; and, WHEREAS, the City of Paris, hereinafter referred to as City, desires to enter into a Professional Services Agreement for Service Organization to provide such specialized services to the City; and, WHEREAS, contracting with Service Organization to provide said specialized services will benefit the City by: I) avoiding duplication of services; 2) providing specialized services for which the City has limited or no expertise; 3) providing specialized services for which the City has limited or no equipment; 4) providing specialized services in a more efficient manner and at a lower cost by operating at a much larger scale than the City is able to operate; 5) allowing the City to avoid the necessity of incurring substantial cost in training employees to perform such specialized services on a limited basis; 6) being generally acknowledged in the community and recognized as an established source of said services with well established procedures and processes for performing such services; 7) having performed such services successfully for a lengthy period of time; 8) allowing the City's employees to focus on other issues more directly related to their primary function; and, WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that contracting with said Service Organization will benefit the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the City of Paris in the furtherance of a public purpose; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That the mayor is hereby authorized to execute and the City Clerk to attest to a Professional Services Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated