2004-179-RES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE BREAKFAST OPTIMIST CLUB
RESOLUTION NO. 2004-179
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE BREAKFAST OPTIMIST CLUB TO
PERFORM CERTAIN SPECIALIZED SERVICES ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY OF PARIS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS
RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, The Breakfast Optimist Club, hereinafter referred to as 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, the City of Paris, hereinafter referred to as City, desires to enter into a
Professional Services Agreement for Service Organization to provide such specialized services to
the City; and,
WHEREAS, contracting with Service Organization to provide said specialized services
will benefit the City by: 1) avoiding duplication of services; 2) providing specialized services in
a more efficient manner and at a lower cost by operating at a much larger scale than the City is
able to operate; 3) being generally acknowledged in the community and recognized as an
established source of said services with well established procedures and processes for performing
such services; 4) by having performed such services successfully for a lengthy period of time; 5)
providing a service to a segment of the community comparable to a service which the City
customarily and ordinarily provides, but the City is currently providing such services to a different
but related segment of the community and said Service Organization is better equipped to provide
such service to the other segment of the community; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council fmds and determines 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,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all
things approved.
Section 2. That the mayor is hereby authorized to execute and the City Clerk to attest to
a Professional Services Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and
incorporated herein for all purposes, by and between the City of Paris and The Breakfast Optimist
Club for the performance of certain specialized services as set out in said agreement.
Section 3. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 2200 day of September, 2004.
ATTEST:
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Sherian Dixon, Assistant City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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