2004-172-RES AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER TO PERFORM CERTAIN SPECIALIZED SERVICE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PARIS
RESOLUTION NO. 2004-172
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE CmLDREN'S ADVOCACV
CENTER 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 Children's Advocacy Center, 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) 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 by
operating at a much larger scale than the City is able to operate; 3) allowing the City to avoid the
necessity of incurring substantial cost in training employees to perform such specialized services
on a limited basis; 4) 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; 5) by being a recognized source in the community for specialized expertise in the
area of said specialized services; 6) by having performed such services successfully for a lengthy
period of time; 7) allowing the City's employees to focus on other issues more directly related to
their primary function; 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 Children's
Advocacy Center 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.
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Curtis Fendley, Mayor . -; . <
ATTEST:
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Sherian Dixon, Assistant City Clerk
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