2012-005 RES REPLACEMENT OF DR EDUARDO WILKINSON WITH DR SHARON MALONE AS NEW MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF EMS OF COP

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RESOLUTION N0. 2012-005 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; ACCEPTING THE REPLACEMENT OF DR. EDUARDO WILKINSON AS MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE OF THE CITY OF PARIS; APPOINTING DR. SHARON MALONE TO SERVE AS MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE OF THE CITY OF PARIS; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN EMS MEDICAL CONTROL AGREEMENT WITH DR. SHARON MALONE; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, in accordance with Chapter 773 of the Texas Health & Safety Code and Title 25, Part 1, Chapter 157 of the Texas Administrative Code and Title 22, Part 9, Chapter 197 of the Texas Administrative Code, the Emergency Medical Services Department of the City of Paris is required to contract with a licensed medical doctor to provide EMS medical direction to the City's Emergency Medical Services Operation; and, WHEREAS, Dr. Eduardo Wilkinson has served as the EMS Medical Director since April 1, 2008. He has since opened his medical practice in Richardson, and is no longer able to meet the requirements of the contract, and Dr. Malone is the Medical Director for Paris Junior College EMS Program and is and experienced EMS Medical Director and is very capable of helping Paris EMS maintain a quality EMS program. She has agreed to serve as the new medical director; and, WHEREAS, an EMS Medical Control Performance Agreement with Dr. Sharon Malone, attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit "A", should, in all things be approved, and the Interim City Manager be, and is hereby authorized to execute the agreement; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1. The findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That the replacement of Dr. Wilkinson as Medical Director for the Emergency Medical Service of the City of Paris be, and is hereby, accepted, with deep appreciation for the invaluable service which he rendered the citizens of the city of Paris. Section 3. That beginning February 1, 2012, Dr. Sharon Malone be, and is hereby, appointed as Medical Director for the Emergency Medical Service Department of the City of Paris, and she is empowered to perform the duties and obligations enumerated by the laws of the State of Texas and as also set forth in the Agreement attached hereto and