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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 THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, LAMAR
COUNTY CHAPTER 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 American Red Cross, Lamar County Chapter, 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 for which the City
has limited or no equipment; 4) 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; 5) allowing the
City to avoid the necessity of incurring substantial cost in training employees to perform such
specialized services on a limited basis; 6) 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; 7) by 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 The American Red
Cross, Lamar County Chapter 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