Ord 3325 6/6/1978 ORDINANCE NO. cictZ
ORDINANCE EXTENDING CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY AND WICHITA
COUNTY-CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, HOSPITAL BOARD
RELATIVE TO OPERATION OF WICHITA GENERAL HOSPITAL
WHEREAS, heretofore the City of Wichita Falls and the Wichita County-
City of Wichita Falls, Texas, Hospital Board entered into a contract dated
November 7, 1967, whereby the Hospital Board agreed to operate and maintain
the Wichita General Hospital for the use and benefit of the public, and to
provide for the care and treatment of indigent or needy patients residing
in the city, and the City agreed to pay the Hospital Board the annual sum of
$80,000.00, payable in monthly installments of $6,666.67 on or before the
first day of each month of each year during the term of such contract. The
term of the contract was for a period of ten years, from December 1, 1967, to
December 1, 1977; and,
WHEREAS, although the contract expired on December 1, 1977, the Hospital
Board has continued to carry out its obligations under the contract, and the
City has continued to make the $6,666.67 monthly payments to the hospital.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
The extension of such contract dated November 7, 1967, between the City
and the Hospital Board, for the period from December 1, 1977 through
September 30, 1978, is hereby approved, and the City Manager is authorized to
execute any instrument which is necessary or proper to effectuate such
extension.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 6th day of June, 1978.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
City Clerk