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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 approvat of the County. <br />The Contractor may onty 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 shatt maintain written procedures <br />related to subcontracting, as we([ as copies of att subcontracts and records retated to <br />subcontracts. For cause, the County in writing may require the Contractorto amend its <br />subcontracting procedures as they retate to this agreement, prohibit the Contractorfrom <br />subcontractingwith a particutar person or entity, or require the Contractorto rescind or <br />amend a subcontract. <br />Every subcontract shal,t bind the Subcontractor to fottow att appticabte terms of this <br />agreement. The Contractor is responsibte to the County if the Subcontractor faits to <br />compty with any appticabte term or condition of this agreement. The Contractor shatt <br />appropriately monitor the activities of the Subcontractor to assure fiscat conditions of this <br />agreement. ln no event shatt the existence of a subcontract operate to retease or reduce <br />the tiabitity of the Contractor to the County for any breach in the performance of the <br />Su bcontractor's duties. <br />Every subcontract shatt inctude a term that County is not tiabl,e for ctaims or damages <br />arising from a Subcontractor's performance of the subcontract. <br />7. lndeoendent Contractor: <br />The Contractor's services shal,t be furnished by the Contractor as an independent Contractor <br />and nothing herein contained shatt be construed to create a relationship of employer- <br />emptoyee or master-servant, but att payments made hereunder and att services performed <br />shal,t 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 iq specified in <br />Exhibit "8" and the Contractor is not entitted to any County benefits inctuding, but not Limited <br />to: vacation pay, holiday pay, sick leave pay, medicat, dentat, or other insurance benefits, or <br />any other rights or priviteges afforded to Kittitas County emptoyees. <br />Contractorwitt defend, indemnify and hotd harmtess the County, its Additionat lnsured's, <br />officers, agents or emptoyees from any loss or expense, including but not timited to <br />settlements, 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 Professionat Services Agreement <br />Page 5 of 20