1992-029-RES WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris is desirous of insurIng that its cost of telecommunication
RESOLUTION NO.
92-029
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris is
desirous of insurIng that its cost of telecommunication
services are billed correctly; and,
WHEREAS, Doug Arnold, Ltd. offers an audit funded
totally by savings to the City for overbilling in the past;
and,
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the citizens of
Paris that such audit be conducted by the professional audit
company, Doug Arnold, Ltd., upon the terms and cond i t ions
stated in Exhibit A attached hereto; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
that the City Manager
Malone, be, and he is
execute on behalf of the
Audit Agreement in the
with Doug Arnold, Ltd.
Passed and adopted this 13th day of April, 1992.
of the
hereby
City of
form of
City of Paris, Michael E.
authorized and directed to
Paris the Telecommunications
Exhibit A attached hereto,
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George Fisher, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Mattie Cunning am, C\ty~erk
DOUG ARNOLD, LTD. (DAL)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUDIT SERVICE
AGREEMENT
This Agreement sets forth
Doug Arnold, Ltd. ("DAL")
Paris, Texas
consultant.
DAL will conduct an audit of certain telecommunications services
being received by Client from all serving telecommunications
companies. The audit shall consist of a complete service,
billing review of your telecommunications services to determine
measurements, quantities of rate elements, tariff applicability,
rate application, usages and billing accuracy. All
discrepancies found from the audit shall be discussed with
Client prior to DAL undertaking any negotiations with the
servin~ telecommunications companies for billing corrections,
reduct~ons or presentment of any claims for refunds.
the arrangement under which our firm,
has agreed to re~resent The City of
("Client") as ~ts telecommun~cat~ons
It is further agreed that Client shall pay DAL as compensation
for audit services, the equivalent of:
Fifty percent (50%) of the refunds and/or bill
credits received as a result of said audit. Fees
shall be payable to DAL upon receipt of each
refund and/or bill credit.
In the event there are no refunds/bill credits as a result of
the audit, then no compensation shall be due DAL for the audit
service.
This Agreement may be modified and/or amended by mutual written
agreement between both parties; shall be binding upon the
parties herein, their successors and assigns' and shall be
performed and construed in accordance with the laws of the state
of Texas.
Both Client and DAL retain the option to terminate this
Agreement at anytime upon thirty days written notice. If either
Client or DAL elects to terminate this Agreement, said
termination would not alter this Agreement relative to work in
process.
If the above correctly sets forth our Agreement, please execute
this Agreement in the space below.
THE ABOVE ARRANGEMENT IS HEREBY AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED THIS
13th DAY OF April , 1992
CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS CLIENT:
BY:
Name:
l1ichael E. t1alone
City Hanager
Title:
EXHIBIT A