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DRAFT <br />S:\RESWORK\CURRENT\Revenue Rescue - Billing & related Services Agrmt Res 2010.docx <br />RESOLUTION N0. <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT <br />BETWEEN THE CITY OF PARIS FIRE DEPARTMENT AND REVENUE <br />RESCUE, INC. FOR THE COLLECTION OF FEES AND COSTS FOR SERVICES <br />RENDERED AT VEHICLE FIRES, VEHICLE ACCIDEIVTS, HAZARDOUS <br />WASTE SPILLS AND RESCUE INCIDENTS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND <br />PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, on November 8, 2010, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas <br />approved Ordinance No. 2010- enacting a new Article IV, Fire and Rescue Service <br />Fees, to Chapter 12 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris providing for the <br />collection of fees and costs for services rendered at vehicle fires, vehicle accidents, <br />hazardous waste spills and rescue incidents; and, <br />WHEREAS, Revenue Rescue, Inc. is the nation's leading provider of billing and <br />collection services for fire departments and currently provides funding through incident <br />cost recovery for 700 fire departments in 16 states; and, <br />WHEREAS, the Fire Department recommends that the City Council authorize a <br />contract between the City of Paris and Revenue Rescue, Inc. for billing and collection <br />services related to fire department services rendered in vehicle fires, vehicle accidents, <br />hazardous waste spills and rescue incidents; and, <br />WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the Agreement for <br />Fire Billing and Related Services with Revenue Rescue, Inc. should be approved and the <br />City Manager be authorized and directed to negotiate and execute on behalf of the City of <br />Paris said Agreement in a form approved by the City Attorney, and attached hereto as <br />Exhibit A. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />PARIS, TEXAS, THAT: <br />Section 1. The findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in <br />all things approved. <br />Section 2. The Agreement between the City of Paris and Revenue Rescue, Inc. for <br />the collection of fees and costs for services rendered at vehicle fires, vehicle accidents, <br />hazardous waste spills and rescue incidents in the form attached hereto as Exhibit "A" be, <br />and the same is hereby approved and the City Manager of the City of Paris is hereby <br />authorized to execute said agreement and any and all other documents necessary. <br />~ 73 <br />