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INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN <br />THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION AND <br />THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS <br />WHEREAS, Chapter 791 of the Texas Government Code, also known as the Interlocal <br />Cooperation Act, authorizes all local governments to contract with each other to perform <br />governmental functions or services including administrative functions normally associated with <br />the operation of government such as purchasing of necessary equipment, supplies and services; <br />WHEREAS, the City of College Station and the City of San Marcos desire to enter into this <br />Agreement for the purpose of fulfilling and implementing their respective public and <br />governmental purposes, needs, objectives, programs and services; <br />WHEREAS, the City of College Station and the City of San Marcos are both Home-Rule <br />Municipal Corporations organized under the laws of Texas. The City of College Station is <br />authorized to enter into this Agreement pursuant to Article II, Section 5 of its City Charter; the <br />City of San Marcos is authorized to enter into this Agreement pursuant to its City Charter, Article <br />II, Section 2.01. <br />WHEREAS, The City of College Station and the City of San Marcos represent that each are <br />independently authorized to perform the functions or services contemplated by this Agreement; <br />WHEREAS, each party has or will have sufficient funds available from current revenues to <br />perform the functions contemplated by this Agreement; <br />WHEREAS, it is deemed in the best interest of all participating governments that said <br />governments do enter into a mutually satisfactory agreement for the purchase of necessary <br />equipment, supplies and services; <br />WHEREAS, the participating governments are of the opinion that cooperation in the purchasing <br />of equipment, supplies, services and auctions will be beneficial to the taxpayers of the <br />governments through the efficiencies and potential savings to be realized. <br />NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto, in consideration of the mutual covenants and <br />conditions contained herein, promise and agree as to each of the other as follows: <br />1. The Purchasing Agent of the City of College Station is authorized to act <br />under the direction of, and on behalf of, the City of College Station in all <br />matters related to this cooperative purchasing program. The Purchasing <br />Manager of the City of San Marcos is authorized to act under the direction <br />of, and on behalf of, the City of San Marcos in all matters related to this <br />cooperative purchasing program. Both the Purchasing Agent for the City <br />of College Station and the Purchasing Manager for the City of San Marcos <br />are authorized to jointly prepare bids, proposals, requests for qualifications <br />