HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 01-01 ORIGINAL
CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
RESOLUTION NO. f) / - ~ /
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN THE TEXAS LOCAL
GOVERNMENT STATEWIDE PURCHASING COOPERATIVE; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of The Colony, Texas, local government (hereinafter "Cooperative
Member") pursuant to the authority granted by Article 791 et seq. of the Interlocal Cooperation Act,
as amended, desires to participate in the statewide purchasing program of the cooperative; and
WHEREAS, the City of The Colony, local government, has elected to be a Cooperative
Member in the Texas Local Government Statewide Purchasing Cooperative (hereinafter
"Cooperative"), a program created by local governments in accordance with and pursuant to the
Interlocal Cooperation Act ("Act"), Chapter 791, Texas Government Code; and
WHEREAS, The Cooperative Member is of the opinion that participation in the
Cooperative's purchasing program will be highly beneficial to the taxpayers of the local government
through the efficiencies and potential savings to be realized; and
WHEREAS, the Cooperative Member desires to participate and join with other local
governments in a cooperative Interlocal agreement ("Agreement") for the purpose of fulfilling and
implementing their respective public and governmental purposes, needs, objectives, programs,
functions and services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cooperative Member does request that
the Cooperative include its stated needs for all categories of instructional, maintenance, custodial,
and food service goods and services, on the Cooperative's Purchasing Program and award contracts
for those items, whereby the Cooperative Members may be allowed to purchase those items fi:om the
Cooperative's contracts; and that cooperative is authorized to sign and deliver all necessary requests
and other documents in connection therewith for and on behalf of the Cooperative Members that
have elected to participate.
FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the Cooperative Member does
hereby authorize its city manager to execute the Interlocal Participation Agreement which includes
the adoption and approval of the Organizational Interlocal Agreement previously executed and
adopted by two or more local governments.
FINALLY, BE IT RESOLVED, that the execution of this Resolution shall evidence the
election of Cooperative Member and eligible local governments to become members of the
Cooperative upon the terms and conditions stated. The City Council has, and at the time of adoption
of this resolution had, full power and lawful authority to adopt the foregoing resolution and to confer
the obligations, powers, and authority to the persons named, who are hereby granted the power to
exercise the same.
I certify that the foregoing is a tree and correct copy of the resolution duly adopted by the
City of The Colony, local government on the 8th day of January 2001, and that the same now appears
of record in its official minutes.
Adopted and approved this 8th day of January, 2001.
ATTEST: William W. Manning, Mayor ~
Patti A. Hicks, City Secretary