E24-025 Kittitas County SECO BSO

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SECO BSO Contract Page 2 of 17 KITTITAS COUNTY, E24-025 ATTACHMENT A SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS I. INTRODUCTION: The DEPARTMENT, through the State 911 Coordination Office (SECO), coordinates and facilitates the implementation and operation of 911 emergency communications throughout the state. It is authorized to enter into agreements for statewide services and to reimburse the COUNTY for eligible expenses from appropriated excise tax revenue retained in the state 911 account. II. KEY PERSONNEL: The individuals listed below shall be considered Key Personnel; however, either party may designate a substitute by advance written notification to the other party. COUNTY: DEPARTMENT: Name: George Long Name: Teresa Lewis Title: Director – 911 Coordinator Title: SECO 911 Contract Assistance Program Manager E-Mail: long@kittcom.org E-Mail: teresa.lewis@mil.wa.gov Phone: 509.925.8530 Phone: 253.512.7481 III. ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS: The Parties shall use the following to determine allowable cost principles: State Office of Financial Management (OFM) Regulations-State Administrative and Accounting Manual (SAAM) and the Local Government Budget and Accounting Reporting System (BARS). IV. ELIGIBLE EXPENSES AND PRIORITIES ESTABLISHED BY THE LEGISLATURE: Priorities for expenditure of state 911 funds have been established by both the state legislature and the DEPARTMENT: A. RCW 38.52.540(1) provides that funds from the state 911 account must be “used to support the priorities established in RCW 38.52.545, procure, fund, and manage the statewide 911 emergency communications system network, purchase goods and services that support the counties and Washington state patrol public safety answering points in providing 911 baseline level of service statewide, assist the counties and Washington state patrol public safety answering points to provide 911 emergency communications systems and associated administrative and operational costs, acquire 911 hardware, software, and technology appropriate to support a 911 emergency communications system, 911 emergency communications training and public education, support the statewide coordination and management of the 911 emergency communications system, and for modernization needs as technology evolves of the 911 emergency communications systems statewide”; B. RCW 38.52.540(3) provides that the State 911 Coordinator is “authorized to enter into statewide agreements to improve the efficiency of the 911 emergency communications system and shall specify by rule the additional purposes for which moneys, if available, may be expended from this account”; C. RCW 38.52.545 provides that “In specifying rules defining the purposes for which available state 911 moneys may be expended, the state 911 coordinator, with the advice and assistance of the 911 advisory committee, must consider needs necessary to provide a baseline level of 911 service by individual counties and their designated Washington state patrol public safety answering points. Priorities for available 911 emergency communications system funding are as follows: (1) To procure, fund, and manage the statewide 911 network and supporting services, and assure that 911 dialing is operational statewide; (2) To assist counties and Washington state patrol public safety answering points to provide 911 emergency communications systems and associated administrative and operational costs as necessary to assure that they can achieve a baseline level of service for 911 operations; and (3) To assist counties and their designated Washington state patrol public safety answering points to acquire 911 hardware, software, and technology to support a 911 emergency communications system baseline level of service”; D. WAC 118-66-020 reiterates the 911 funding purposes and priorities established by the legislature; E. WAC 118-66-040 describes COUNTY eligibility for funding; and