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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 contempl,ated under this agreement if it obtains <br />the prior written approvaI of the County. <br />lf the County approves subcontracting, the Contractor shatt maintain written procedures <br />reLated to subcontracting, as wel,l, as copies of aLL subcontracts and records retated 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 particul,ar person or entity, or require the Contractor to rescind or <br />amend a subcontract. <br />Every subcontract shal.t bind the Subcontractor to fol.l,ow al,l. appl,icabte terms of this <br />agreement. The Contractor is responsibte to the County if the Subcontractor fails to <br />compty with any appLicabLe 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 shaLt the existence of a subcontract operate to retease or reduce <br />the Liabil,ity of the Contractor to the County for any breach in the performance of the <br />Su bcontractor's duties. <br />Every subcontract shal.l, incl,ude a term that County is not l,iabte for claims or damages <br />arising f rom a Subcontractor'S performance of the subcontract. <br />7. lndependent Contractor: <br />The Contractor's services shal,t 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 />empLoyee or master-seruant, but atl, payments made hereunder and att services performed <br />shal,t be made and performed pursuant to this Agreement by the Contractor as an <br />i nde pendent Contractor. <br />The Contractor acknowtedges that the entire compensation for this Agreement is specified in <br />Exhibit ',8,, and the Contractor is not entitted to any County benefits inctuding, but not I'imited <br />to: vacation pay, hol,iday pay, sick leave pay, medicat, dental, or other insurance benefits, or <br />any other rights or privil,eges afforded to Kittitas County emptoyees. <br />Contractorwitl, defend, indemnify and hotd harmtess the County, its AdditionaI lnsured's, <br />officers, agents or empl,oyees from any toss or expense, inctuding but not I'imited 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 County ProfessionaI Ser vices Agreement <br />Page 5 of 20