2012-015 RES APPROVING/AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE (ETCADA)

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF PARIS AND EAST TEXAS COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE (ETCADA) STATE OF TEXAS § § COUNTY OF LAMAR § This Professional Services Agreement, hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement," entered into by and between the City of Paris, a home-rule municipality with its offices located at 135 First Street S.E., in the City of Paris, Lamar County, Texas, hereinafter referred to as "CITY" and East Texas Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (ETCADA) whose offices are located at 708 Glencrest Lane, Longview, Texas 75604, hereinafter referred to as "SERVICE ORGANIZATION'. WITNESSETH WHEREAS, SERVICE ORGANIZATION possesses certain specialized expertise, personnel, equipment, and training necessary to provide certain community-based specialized services unique to said organization and unavailable from any other readily available source; and, WHEREAS, CITY desires to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with the SERVICE ORGANIZATION to provide such specialized services to City of Paris and its citizens; and, WHEREAS, the Service Organization will provide certain specialized services as described herein and as further described in the Service Organization's mission statement to the community that will benefit the City by: 1) providing specialized services for which the City has limited or no expertise; 2) providing specialized services in a more efficient manner and at a lower cost; 3) providing specialized services under a recognized name and as a recognized source in the community for specialized expertise in the area of said specialized services; and, WHEREAS, the City Council finds and detennines that contracting with said SERVICE ORGANIZATION will benefit the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the City of Paris in the furtherance of a public purpose; NOW, THEREFORE, FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THESE PREMISES, and the mutual consideration as set out herein, CITY and SERVICE ORGANIZATION agree as follows: 1. Scope of Services SERVICE ORGANIZATION agrees to provide the following services as set forth in more detail in the Request for Funding documents attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit A to CITY and its citizens during the term of this agreement: EXHIBIT L