07-J Child Advocacy AgreementDRAFT
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 CHILDRENS ADVOCACY 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 Childrens 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 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 Childrens
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 22nd day of September, 2004.
Curtis Fendley, Mayor
ATTEST:
Sherian Dixon, Assistant City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Larry W. Schenk, City Attorney