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D RAFT <br />RESOLUTION N0. <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; <br />ACCEPTING THE REPLACEMENT OF DR. EDUARDO WILKINSON AS <br />MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE OF THE <br />CITY OF PARIS; APPOINTING DR. SHARON MALONE TO SERVE AS <br />MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE OF THE <br />CITY OF PARIS; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN <br />EMS MEDICAL CONTROL AGREEMENT WITH DR. SHARON MALONE; <br />MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE <br />SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, in accordance with Chapter 773 of the Texas Health & Safety Code and <br />Title 25, Part 1, Chapter 157 of the Texas Administrative Code and Title 22, Part 9, Chapter <br />197 of the Texas Administrative Code, the Emergency Medical Services Department of the <br />City of Paris is required to contract with a licensed medical doctor to provide EMS medical <br />direction to the City's Emergency Medical Services Operation; and, <br />WHEREAS, Dr. Eduardo Wilkinson has served as the EMS Medical Director since <br />April 1, 2008. He has since opened his medical practice in Richardson, and is no longer <br />able to meet the requirements of the contract, and Dr. Malone is the Medical Director for <br />Paris Junior College EMS Program and is and experienced EMS Medical Director and is very <br />capable of helping Paris EMS maintain a quality EMS program. She has agreed to serve <br />as the new medical director; and, <br />WHEREAS, an EMS Medical Control Performance Agreement with Dr. Sharon <br />Malone, attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit "A", should, in all things be <br />approved, and the City Manager be, and is hereby authorized to execute the agreement; <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. That the replacement of Dr. Wilkinson as Medical Director for the <br />Emergency Medical Service of the City of Paris be, and is hereby, accepted, with deep <br />appreciation for the invaluable service which he rendered the citizens of the city of Paris. <br />Section 3. That beginning February 1, 2012, Dr. Sharon Malone be, and is hereby, <br />appointed as Medical Director for the Emergency Medical Service Department of the City of <br />81 <br />