1995-007-RES WHEREAS, CITY COUNCIL DID IN RESOLUTION NO 94-144 AUTHORIZED CITY ATTORNEY
RESOLUTION NO. 95-007
JOINT RESOLUTION NO.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did in Resolution 94-144 authorize
the City Attorney to negotiate, on behalf of the City of Paris, an agreement with
GENESCREEN for the use of space at Paris-Lamar County Health Department; and,
WHEREAS, in order to furnish the use of space at Paris-Lamar County Health
Department to GENESCREEN, it is necessary for the City of Paris and GENESCREEN to
enter into an agreement to provide said space; and,
WHEREAS, the form of Agreement To Provide Specimen Collection Facility attached
hereto and Exhibit A should in all things be approved, and City Manager, Michael E. Malone,
should be authorized to execute the same; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS AND
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF LAMAR, that the proposal of
GENESCREEN for the use of space at Paris-Lamar County Health Department is hereby
accepted conditioned upon said GENESCREEN meeting all of the terms and conditions
included in the agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager of the City of Paris, Michael
E. Malone, be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the City of
Paris the Agreement To Provide Specimen Collection Facility with GENESCREEN in the form
shown in Exhibit A attached hereto.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 9th day of January, 1995.
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Don Shelton, ay r
ATTEST:
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Mattie Cunningham, City erk
TO FORM:
ity Attorney
APPROVED by the Commissio~ C~ of Lamar County, Texas, by adoption of the
above Resolution on the.,;1'7M day of I' ill/. , 1995, as reflected in Book i:!/, Page
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AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE SPECIMEN COLLECTION FACILITY
This agreement for specimen collection services is made :md entered into by and between GeneScreen,
Inc., a Delaware corporation having its principal place of business at 2600 Stemmons Fwy, Suite 133,
Dldlas, TX 75207 ('GeneScreen'), amJ ('PROVIDER. ')
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, GeneScreen wishes to arrange for specimen collection seIVices to provide for the taking
of blood and/or tissue specimens from parties for use in genetic testing; ami
WHEREAS, the PROVIDER is willing to provide a facility to accommodate CeneSerecn's
requirements;
NOW, THEREFORE,
forth, the PROVIDER
in considcmtion
and GcneScreen
of the mutual undertakings
agree as follows:
and agreements
hereinafter
set
I. LOCATION, PROVIDER agrees to provide space for the drawing of blood specimens for
parentage testing at the following site:
n. SCHEDULE FOR SPECIMEN COLLECTION. GeneScrecn and the PROVIDER agree to
work together to establish a mutually agreeable schedule for specimen collection.
III. INDEMNIFICATION, GeneScreen agrees to hold tbe PROVIDER and all its employees
harmless of any legal liability incurred as a result of sample collection on the premises above-named.
GcneScreen assumes all legal liability for the subsequent identification, testing, and reporting of
genetic information.
IV. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION. PROVIDER agrees to keep confidential the
identities of any and all parties appearing for specimen collection and to refrain from disclosing the
identities of said parties by any means whatsoever. GeneScreen agrees to waive the provisions of this
paragraph should PROVIDER'S employees be required to seIVe as witness to the specimen collection
or should the Court require disclosure.
V. SUFFICIENCY OF AGREEMENT/MODIFICATION,
the parties hereto that all provisions of this agreement are
is further agreed that all amendments or modifications to
document requiring the signatures of both parties hereto.
It is hereby agreed by and between
contained in this written Agreement. It
this Agreement shall be in writing on a
VI. TERMINATION. TIlis agreement commences upon the date signed hereinbelow and shall
terminate upon a tbirty (30) day written notice of cancellation given by either party to the other for
any reason, with or without cause.
EXHIBIT A
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the PROVIDER and GeneSereen execute this Agreement in
duplicate original, with each party to retain an original copy.
BY
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Agent for the PROVIDER
Dated this
day of
1993.
GeneScreen. Inc.
BY
President
Daled this
day of
1993.