2003-161-RES APPROVING/AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES COLLECTION AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN MUNICIPAL SERVICES COOPERATION

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RESOLUTION NO. 2003-161 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES COLLECTION AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN MUNICIPAL SERVICES CORPORATION FOR THE COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT MUNICIPAL COURT FEES, COSTS, AND FINES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris has been made aware of the Municipal Court's need for professional collection services for delinquent Municipal Court fees, costs, and fines, and the City of Paris is desirous of having such fines and court costs collected; and, WHEREAS, due to certain recent statutory changes by the Texas Legislature and in order to continue to receive such collection services, it is necessary for the City of Paris to enter into a new Professional Services Collection Agreement with American Municipal Services Corporation; and, WHEREAS, the form of agreement for such professional collection services, attached hereto as Exhibit A, should, in all things, be approved, and the Mayor should be authorized to execute the same; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, 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 form ofthe Professional Services Collection Agreement with American Municipal Services Corporation for the collection of delinquent Municipal Court fees, costs, and fines be, and the same is hereby, approved. Section 3. That the Mayor ofthe City of Paris be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to execute, on behalf of the City of Paris, the Professional Services Collection Agreement with American Municipal Services Corporation, under the terms and conditions and in the form shown in Exhibit A, attached hereto. Section 4. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage. PASSED AND APPROVED this 13th day of October, 2003. ATTEST: