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F:ALICE\RFSOWRK\CURRENT\ Specialized Services Prof Serv Contract Res
September 16, 2004
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CASA FOR KIDS 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, CASA for Kids, 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 for
which the City has limited or no expertise; 3) 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;
4) allowing the City to avoid the necessity of incurring substantial cost in training employees to
perform such specialized services on a limited basis; 5) 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; 6) being a recognized source in the
community for specialized expertise in the area of said specialized services; 7) having performed
such services successfully for a lengthy period of time; 8) allowing the City's employees to focus
on other issues more directly related to their primary function; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council finds 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 COLTNCIL 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 CASA for Kids 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 22nd day of September, 2004.
Curtis Fendley, Mayor
ATTEST:
Sherian Dixon, Assistant City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Larry W. Schenk, City Attorney