2004-175-RES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE LAMAR COUNTY HUMAN RESOURCES COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. 2004-175
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE LAMAR COUNTY HUMAN
RESOURCES COUNCIL 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 Lamar County Human Resources Council, 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 in a more efficient manner and at a
lower cost by operating at a much larger scale than the City is able to operate; 2) allowing the City
to avoid the necessity of incurring substantial cost in training employees to perform such
specialized services on a limited basis; 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) being a recognized source in the community for specialized
expertise in the area of said specialized services; 5) by having performed such services
successfully for a lengthy period of time; 6) 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 Lamar County
Human Resources Council 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 220d day of September, 2004.
ATTEST:
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Sherian Dixon, Assistant City Clerk
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