23-Deliberate and act on a Resolution repealing Resolution No. 2010-081

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DRAFT S: citydata Attorney RESWORK~ CURRENTS MuniServices Contract Res -AMENDED FINAL 09-03-2010.docx RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 2010-081 AND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AMENDED AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PARIS AND MUNISERVICES, LLC FOR AUDIT AND REVIEW OF LOCAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTION BY LOCAL LODGING ESTABLISHMENTS AND REVIEW OF LOCAL ORDINANCES RELATED THERETO AND TRAINING FOR BOTH THE CITY OF PARIS AND LOCAL LODGING ESTABLISHMENTS ON THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, MuniServices, LLC is a TML Business Service Partner with a program that identifies businesses that provide distinctive, high-quality, and cost effective services available to cities; and, WHEREAS, on July 26, 2010, the City Council of the City of Paris passed Resolution No. 2010-081, approving an Agreement between The City of Paris and MuniServices, LLC for Local Hotel Occupancy Tax Consulting Services subject to City Council's acceptance of two changes in the Agreement; and, WHEREAS, the first change to the agreement was the removal of the automatic renewal clause, and the second change was to the compensation clause to require the City to pay fees only on hotels and motels that were actually audited; and, WHEREAS, these changes have been incorporated into the proposed amended agreement, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto; however, the fee for audit-only services is $1,200 per hotel audited. The prior agreement fees were $600 per hotel but were levied against all hotels and motels located in the City of Paris, Texas. Four of those hotels would have been audited in a given year, while the remaining hotels would only have an analysis of their quarterly returns performed that year; and, WHEREAS, the proposed amended agreement would also include a review of the current hotel occupancy tax ordinance and MuniServices, LLC would work with City Staff and local hotels and motels to improve understanding and compliance with the local occupancy tax ordinance; and, WHEREAS, the proposed amended agreement would provide a number of services including: 1) Review of the current hotel occupancy tax ordinance, 2) Collection and analysis of data on all of local hotels, and 3) Performance of on-site audits of hotel and motel records; and, WHEREAS, it is deemed to be in the best interest of the City of Paris and its citizens that such amended Agreement with MuniServices, LLC for Local Hotel Occupancy Tax and 169