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INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN KITTITAS COUNTY, <br />CITY OF ELLENSBURG, CITY OF ROSLYN, CITY OF CLE ELUM, CITY OF <br />KITTITAS, AND THE TOWN OF S. CLE ELUM, OF WASHINGTON STATE, FOR <br />THE CARES CONTRIBUTION FOR COVID.l9 RELATED PUBLIC HEALTH <br />EXPENSES <br />WHEREAS, the Interlocal Cooperation Act, RCW 39.34, allows public agencies to make the <br />most efficient use of their powers by enabling them to cooperate with each other on the basis of <br />mutual advantage to provide services and facilities that will best fit the need of each community; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, Section 601(a) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 5001 of the <br />Coronavirus Aid, Reliel and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act") (PL 116-136), established <br />the Coronavirus Relief Fund (the "Fund") and appropriated $150 billion under Title V of the <br />CARES Act to the Fund be used to make payments for specified uses to States and certain local <br />governments; and <br />WHEREAS, the Washington State allocation of Fund resources has been designated to <br />reimburse certain additional local governments in the state for specified expenditures though <br />contracts administered by the State Department of Commerce; and <br />WHEREAS, the County of Kittitas and the Cities of Ellensburg, Cle Elum, Roslyn, Kittitas and <br />the Town of S. Elum are desirous of sharing a maximum of 25 percent of each municipalities' <br />CARES allocation from the State ("Intent Funds") to reimburse the Kittitas County Public <br />Health Department for Covid-l9 related expenses; and <br />WHEREAS, the above-named municipal corporations have exchanged letters of intent <br />regarding the shared use of such funds, and desire to enter into Interlocal agreements to facilitate <br />the use of the Intent Funds in an effective manner; <br />NOW THEREFORE,IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS: <br />1. PURPOSE: To provide for the shared funding of Kittitas County public health <br />expenses utilized in the response against Covid-19; specifically funding needed for testing, <br />quarantine and isolation, case investigation and contract tracing, data management, <br />tracking, and other related tasks, as detailed in the Kittitas County Covid-l9 Response <br />Plan. <br />2. RESPONSIBILITIES: Each municipality shall contribute a maximum of 25Yo of <br />its CARES Act (Title V) allocation from the State to the Kittitas County Public Health <br />Department as reimbursement for eligible expenditures, the Intent Funds. <br />3. TERM OF AGREEMENT: The term of this Agreement shall be from the date <br />of signing by all parties through December 31,2021or as otherwise agreed to by the parties <br />Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for the CARES Distribution for COVID-l9 Related Public <br />Health Expenses - Page I of 6