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DRAFT <br />F:ALICE\RFSOWRK\CURRENT\ Specialized Services Prof Serv Contract Res <br />September 16, 2004 <br />RESOLUTION NO. <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL <br />SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE LAMAR COUNTY HUMAN <br />RESOURCES COUNCIL TO PERFORM CERTAIN SPECIALIZED <br />SERVICES ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PARIS; MAKING OTHER <br />FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND <br />DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, The Lamar County Human Resources Council, hereinafter referred to as <br />Service Organization, possesses certain specialized expertise, personnel, equipment, and training <br />necessary to provide certain community based specialized services unique to said organization and <br />unavailable from any other readily available source; and, <br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris, hereinafter referred to as City, desires to enter into a <br />Professional Services Agreement for Service Organization to provide such specialized services to <br />the City; and, <br />WHEREAS, contracting with Service Organization to provide said specialized services <br />will benefit the City by: 1) providing specialized services in a more efficient manner and at a <br />lower cost by operating at a much larger scale than the City is able to operate; 2) allowing the City <br />to avoid the necessity of incurring substantial cost in training employees to perform such <br />specialized services on a limited basis; 3) being generally acknowledged in the community and <br />recognized as an established source of said services with well established procedures and processes <br />for performing such services; 4) being a recognized source in the community for specialized <br />expertise in the area of said specialized services; 5) by having performed such services <br />successfully for a lengthy period of time; 6) allowing the City's employees to focus on other issues <br />more directly related to their primary function; and, <br />WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that contracting with said Service <br />Organization will benefit the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the City of Paris in the <br />furtherance of a public purpose; NOW, THEREFORE, <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COLTNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, <br />TEXAS: <br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all <br />things approved. <br />Section 2. That the mayor is hereby authorized to execute and the City Clerk to attest to <br />