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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 onLy subcontract work contempLated under this agreement if it obtains <br />the prior written approval of the County. <br />lf the County approves subcontracting, the Contractor shat[ maintain written procedures <br />rel.ated to subcontracting, as wett as copies of al,l. 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 rel,ate 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 shatt bind the Subcontractor to fottow aLl. appl,icabte terms of this <br />agreement. The Contractor is responsibte to the County if the Subcontractor fails to <br />comp[y with any appLicabte term or condition of this agreement. The Contractor shat[ <br />appropriatety monitor the activities of the Subcontractor to assure fiscaI conditions of this <br />agreement. ln no event shattthe 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. inctude a term that County is not tiabl,e for ctaims or damages <br />arising f rom 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 />empLoyee or master-servant, but atl. payments made hereunder and at[ services performed <br />shatl, be made and performed pursuant to this Agreement by the Contractor as an <br />independent Contractor. <br />The Contractor acknowtedges 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 I'imited <br />to: vacation pay, hol,iday pay, sick leave pay, medicat, dentat, or other insurance benefits, or <br />any other rights or privil.eges afforded to Kittitas County emptoyees- <br />Contractor witt defend, indemnify and hol.d harmtess the County, its Additional lnsured's, <br />officers, agents or empl.oyees 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 20