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6. Assignment and Subcontracting: <br />No portion of this Agreement may be assigned or subcontracted to any other individuat, firm <br />or entity without the express and prior written approvaI of the County. <br />The Contractor may onl.y subcontract work contemptated under this agreement if it obtains <br />the prior written approvaI of the County. <br />lf the County approves subcontracting, the Contractor shat[ maintain written procedures <br />rel,ated to subcontracting, as wetl. as copies of at[ subcontracts and records related to <br />subcontracts. For cause, the County in writing may require the Contractor to amend its <br />subcontracting procedures as they retate to this agreement, prohibit the Contractor from <br />subcontracting with a particutar person or entity, or require the Contractor to rescind or <br />amend a subcontract. <br />Every subcontract shal.L bind the Subcontractor to fottow al.tappticabte terms of this <br />agreement. The Contractor is responsibte to the County if the Subcontractor faits to <br />compLy with any appl,icabte term or condition of this agreement. The Contractor shatl <br />appropriatety monitor the activities of the Subcontractor to assure fiscaI conditions of this <br />agreement. ln no event shal.tthe existence of a subcontract operate to retease or reduce <br />the tiabil.ity of the Contractor to the County for any breach in the performance of the <br />Subcontractor's d uties. <br />Every subcontract shatl. incl,ude a term that County is not LiabLe for ctaims or damages <br />arising from a Subcontractor's performance of the subcontract. <br />7. lndependent Contractor: <br />The Contractor's services shal.l, be furnished by the Contractor as an independent Contractor <br />and nothing herein contained shal.l. be construed to create a retationship of emptoyer- <br />empl.oyee or master-servant, but al.t payments made hereunder and at[ services performed <br />shaLt be made and performed pursuant to this Agreement bythe Contractor as an <br />independe nt Contractor. <br />The Contractor acknowLedges that the entire compensation for this Agreement is specified in <br />Exhibit "B" and the Contractor is not entitl"ed to any County benefits inctuding, but not timited <br />to: vacation pay, hotiday pay, sick leave pay, medicat, dentat, or other insurance benefits, or <br />any other rights or priviLeges afforded to Kittitas County emptoyees. <br />Contractor wil,L defend, indemnify and hotd harml.ess the County, its AdditionaI lnsured's, <br />officers, agents or emptoyees from any loss or expense, inctuding but not timited to <br />setttements, judgments, setoffs, attorneys'fees or costs incurred by reason of ctaims or <br />demands because of breach of the provisions of this paragraph. <br />8. No Guarantee of Emptoyment <br />Kittitas Cou nty ProfessionaI Services Agreement <br />Page 5 of 19