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<br />3.4 Party-Specific Work. TFG may not undertake Party-specific advocacy, grant, appropriations, project, or
<br />public-communication work, or identify a Party as supporting a priority, without affirmative written authorization
<br />from that Party. The authorization must identify the requested work, any anticipated additional cost, and the
<br />Party responsible for that cost.
<br />3.5 Retention of Project Ownership and Execution Authority. Each Party retains sole ownership, responsibility,
<br />and authority for its own projects, programs, assets, grant applications, grant awards, procurement, contracts,
<br />permits, environmental review, design, construction, operations, maintenance, budgets, matching funds,
<br />staffing, public engagement, and project execution.
<br />Participation in the Consortium does not transfer title or ownership of a Party's project, property, data, records,
<br />intellectual property, grant award, or funds; require a Party to pursue, modify, delay, discontinue, or prioritize
<br />any project; require a Party to commit matching funds, local funds, staff resources, property, or other
<br />consideration; or create a joint venture, partnership, agency relationship, fiduciary relationship, or joint
<br />ownership interest among the Parties.
<br />3.6 Independent Advocacy and Projects Outside the Countywide Platform. Each Party expressly reserves the
<br />right to independently advocate for its own legislative, regulatory, appropriations, policy, funding, and project
<br />priorities; seek grants, loans, appropriations, congressional-directed spending, technical assistance, or other
<br />funding for projects not included on the Countywide Platform; contract with separate consultants, lobbyists,
<br />grant writers, engineers, attorneys, or other professionals; communicate directly with federal, state, tribal,
<br />regional, local, nonprofit, private-sector, and other stakeholders; take positions that differ from, supplement, or
<br />are unrelated to the Countywide Platform; and decline to participate in any specific joint advocacy effort, grant
<br />strategy, project request, public communication, or other Consortium activity. A Party's exercise of these
<br />independent rights shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement.
<br />4. FINANCING.
<br />4.1 Cost Allocation. Financing for the Consortium shall be provided through contributions from the Parties, as
<br />set forth in Exhibit B, and may include other revenue sources only as mutually agreed in writing and legally
<br />available. The Exhibit B percentage allocation applies to the fixed TFG fee and, unless a cost is attributable to
<br />one or more Parties or the Parties otherwise unanimously agree in writing, to all collectively authorized
<br />reimbursable expenses, optional services, shared liabilities, final-accounting obligations, and other Consortium-
<br />wide costs.
<br />Each Party's payment obligation is subject to its governing body's appropriation of funds or other legally
<br />authorized budget authority.
<br />4.2 County-TFG Contract and Quarterly Payment. Kittitas County will contract directly with TFG and will pay the
<br />single quarterly invoice submitted by TFG for Consortium services, subject to the County-TFG contract,
<br />available appropriations, and applicable County payment procedures.
<br />4.3 Advance Funding and Member Reimbursement. To reduce County cash-flow exposure, the County may
<br />invoice each Party in advance for that Party's estimated quarterly share of the fixed fee and any previously
<br />authorized shared costs. Advance payments will be credited against the County's subsequent invoice or
<br />refunded or adjusted through the next billing cycle. If the County instead pays an invoice before receiving
<br />advance payments, it will invoice each Party within ten (10) calendar days after County payment. Each Party
<br />shall pay an undisputed County invoice within thirty (30) calendar days after the invoice date. The County is not
<br />required to advance Party-specific optional-service costs or other costs attributable solely to a Party unless the
<br />County expressly agrees in writing.
<br />4.4 Reimbursable Expenses. Reimbursable expenses are in addition to the fixed fee only if allowed under the
<br />County-TFG contract, pre-approved under that contract and applicable County procedures, and properly
<br />documented. Unless the expense is attributable to one or more Parties or the Parties unanimously agree
<br />otherwise in writing, reimbursable expenses shall be allocated using the Exhibit B percentage allocation.
<br />4.5 Optional Services and Other Shared Costs. Optional services are not included unless separately authorized
<br />in writing. A Party requesting an optional service is solely responsible for its associated cost, unless the service
<br />is requested for the Consortium as a group and approved in writing by the Parties that will share the cost. A
<br />collectively authorized optional service or other shared cost shall be allocated using the Exhibit B percentage
<br />allocation unless the approving Parties agree otherwise in writing.
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