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Res 1446 8/7/1973RESOLUTION NO. /149.o RESOLUTION APPROVING AGREEMENT WITH WICHITA COUNTY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WICHITA FALLS COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION CENTER, ALSO KNOWN AS THE HELP CENTER. WHEREAS, House Bill 3, enacted by the 59th Legislature, as thereafter amended (Article 5547-203, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas) authorizes local agencies, including cities and counties, to enter into a contract to establish and operate community mental health and mental retardation centers; and, WHEREAS, the City of Wichita Falls and the County of Wichita have established such a center, and desire to enter into a formal contract providing for the establishment and operation of such a center. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: That certain agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto, between the City of Wichita Falls and the County of Wichita, pro- viding for the establishment and operation of the Wichita Falls Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center, also known as the Help Center, which shall provide mental health and mental retardation services, is hereby approved, and the City Manager is authorized to execute the same for the City of Wichita Falls. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE 7TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1973. M A O R ATTEST: Cit Clerk AGREEMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WICHITA FALLS COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION CENTER a/k/a THE HELP CENTER THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF WICHITA THIS AGREEMENT made by and between the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Wichita County, Texas , pursuant to the Texas Mental Health and Mental Retardation Acts of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, as amended: W I T N E S S E T H : The Parties hereto hereby agree jointly to establish and operate the Wichita Falls Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center, also known as the Help Center, which Center shall provide mental health and mental retardation services, all pursuant to the provisions of the Texas Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act, which Center shall principally be located in Wichita Falls, Texas, but which may have outreach and subsidiary programs in other areas of the County as so established by the Board of Trustees of said Center. The Parties hereto agree to contribute funds for the administration of the various programs and services of such Center at such times and in such amounts as their respective governing bodies find and determine, from time to time, to be available and in the public interest. The Board of Trustees created below shall design programs of mental health and mental retardation services under which local funds contributed by each Party hereto shall be spent solely for programs conducted wholly within the respective County of the Party contributing such funds . The administrative offices of the Center shall be located in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas. The Wichita Falls Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center, also known as the Help Center, shall be governed by a Board of Trustees consisting of nine (9) persons appointed by the governing bodies of the Parties hereto, from time to time, from the qualified voters of Wichita County, Texas. The terms of Board Members shall be staggered by appointment of not less than one-third nor more than one-half the members for one year, or until their successors are appointed, and by appoint- ing the remaining members for two (2) years, or until their succes- ors are appointed. Thereafter all appointments shall be for a two year period, or until their successors are appointed. Appointments made to fill unexpired terms shall be for the period of the unex- pired term, or until a successor is appointed. All appointments shall be made by a majority vote of the governing bodies of the Parties hereto making such appointments. The Board of Trustees shall annually file, or cause to be filed, a copy of their proposed budget for their ensuing year September 1 through August 31) with the City Clerk of the City of Wichita Falls and the County Clerk of Wichita County, on or before September 1 of each year. The Board of Trustees of said Center shall annually cause to be obtained, an independent audit of the records and books of the accounts of said Center and to file a copy of the same with the City Clerk and County Clerk within ten (10) days after the first regular meeting of the Board of Trustees following said Board' s receipt of such audit. e artie- -reto •e •-by r.t' y, c•s 'irm a • ado all writt ntrac s or se vi es, e -tofare -xe ate, b s id Center herein establi ed. 2- r WITNESS THE HANDS AND SEALS OF THE PARTIES HERETO, in multiple originals, on this day of 1973. CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS ATTEST: By City Clerk Gerald G. Fox, City Manager WICHITA COUNTY, TEXAS By Calvin Ashley, County Judge ATTEST: County Clerk APPROVED: David Wade, M.D. , Commissioner Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation State Mental Health Authority 3-