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6. Assignment and Subcontracting: No portion of this Agreement may be assigned or subcontracted to any other individuat, firm or entity without the express and prior written approvat of the County. The Contractor may onty subcontract work contempl,ated under this agreement if it obtains the prior written approvat of the County. lf the County approves subcontracting, the Contractor shat[ maintain written procedures rel.ated to subcontracting, as wetL as copies of al,l, subcontracts and records retated to subcontracts. For cause, the County in writing may require the Contractor to amend its subcontracting procedures as they retate to this agreement, prohibit the Contractor from subcontracting with a particutar person or entity, or require the Contractor to rescind or amend a subcontract. Every subcontract shatt bind the Subcontractor to fotl.ow atl appticabte terms of this agreement. The Contractor is responsibl.e to the County if the Subcontractor faits to comp1y with any appticabte term or condition of this agreement. The Contractor shat[ appropriatety monitor the activities of the Subcontractor to assure fiscat conditions of this agreement. ln no event shal.l, the existence of a subcontract operate to retease or reduce the LiabiLity of the Contractor to the County for any breach in the performance of the Su bcontractor's duties. Every subcontract shall. incl.ude a term that County is not tiabl.e for ctaims or damages arising f rom a Subcontractor's performance of the subcontract. 7. lndependent Contractor: The Contractor's services shatt be furnished by the Contractor as an independent Contractor and nothing herein contained shatt be construed to create a retationship of emptoyer- emptoyee or master-selvant, but att payments made hereunder and at[ services performed shatl, be made and performed pursuant to this Agreement by the Contractor as an independent Contractor. The Contractor acknowLedges that the entire compensation for this Agreement is specified in Exhibit "B" and the Contractor is not entitted to any County benefits including, but not I'imited to: vacation pay, hotiday pay, sick leave pay, medicat, dentat, or other insurance benefits, or any other rights or priviteges atforded to Kittitas County emptoyees. Contractor witt defend, indemnify and hotd harml,ess the County, its AdditionaI lnsured's, officers, agents or emptoyees from any toss or expense, inctuding but not Limited to setttements, judgments, setoffs, attorneys'fees or costs incurred by reason of ctaims or demands because of breach of the provisions of this paragraph. 8. No Guarantee of Emptoyment: Kittitas County ProfessionaI Services Agreement Page5of19