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This Agreement may be modified and amended only in writing and signed by the Parties hereto. <br />XV. IndependentContractor <br />In providing services under this Interlocal Agreement, Kittitas County is an independent <br />contractor and neither it nor its officers, agents or employees are employees of the Town for any <br />pu{pose, including but not limited to, responsibility for any federal or state tax, industrial <br />insurance or Social Security liability. Neither shall the provision of services under this Interlocal <br />Agreement give rise to any claim of career service or civil service rights, which may accrue to an <br />employee of the Town under any applicable law, rule or regulation. <br />XIV. GeneralProvisions: <br />A. Purpose. The purpose of this Interlocal Agreement is to permit the joint use of the Kittitas <br />County Jail for confinement of prisoners of the Parties to the Interlocal Agreement, thereby <br />promoting maximum use and efficiency of the Kittitas County Jail. <br />B. Administrator Pursuant to RCW 39.34.030(4)(a), the administrator for this Agreement shall <br />be the Sheriff of Kittitas County <br />C. Property. Unless otherwise specifically agreed by the Parties in writing, all property, personal <br />and real, utilized by the Parties hereto in the execution of this Agreement shall remain the <br />property of that Party initially owning it. <br />D. Venue. Venue for any lawsuit shall be in the Kittitas County Superior Court. <br />E. Filing: This Agreement shall be filed with the Kittitas County Auditor's Office or, <br />alternatively, listed by subject on each or either Party's website or other electronically <br />retrievable public source pursuant to RCW 39.34.040. <br />F. Severability. In the event any provisions of this Agreement shall be determined to be <br />unenforceable or otherwise invalid for any reason, such provisions shall be enforced and <br />valid to the extent permitted by law. All provisions of this Agreement are severable, and the <br />unenforceability or invalidity of a single provision herein shall not affect the remaining <br />provisions. <br />G, Waiver of Breach. The waiver by either Party of the breach of any provision of this <br />Agreement by the other party must be in writing and shall not operate nor be construed as a <br />waiver of any subsequent breach by such other Party. <br />H. Savings Clause. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed so as to require the <br />commission of any act contrary to law, and wherever there is any conflict between any <br />provisions of this Agreement and any statute, law, public regulation or ordinance, the latter <br />shall prevail, but in such event, the provisions of this Agreement affected shall be curtailed <br />and limited only the extent necessary to bring it within legal requirements, <br />Interlocal Agreement for Housing of Inmates <br />Page 8 of 10