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INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN KITTITAS COUNTY, CITY OF ELLENSBURG, CITY OF ROSLYN, CITY OF CLE ELUM, CITY OF KITTITAS, AND THE TOWN OF S. CLE ELUM, OF WASHINGTON STATE, FOR THE CARES CONTRIBUTION FOR COVID-19 RELATED PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENSES WHEREAS, the Interlocal Cooperation Act, RCW 39.34, allows public agencies to make the most efficient use of their powers by enabling them to cooperate with each other on the basis of mutual advantage to provide services and facilities that will best fit the need of each community; and WHEREAS, the County of Kittitas and the Cities of Ellensburg, Cle Elum, Roslyn, Kittitas and the Town of S. Elum are desirous of sharing a minimum of 25 percent of each municipalities’ CARES allocation from the State to be paid to the Kittitas County Public Health Department for Covid-19 related expenses; and WHEREAS, the above-named municipal corporations have exchanged letters of intent regarding the shared use of such funds, and desire to enter into Interlocal agreements to facilitate the use of the funds in an effective manner; NOW THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS: 1. PURPOSE: To provide for the shared funding of Kittitas County public health expenses utilized in the response against Covid-19; specifically funding needed for testing, quarantine and isolation, case investigation and contract tracing, data management, tracking, and other related tasks, as detailed in the Kittitas County Covid-19 Response Plan. 2. RESPONSIBILITIES: Each municipality shall contribute, at a minimum, 25% of its CARES allocation from the State to the Kittitas County Public Health Department. 3. TERM OF AGREEMENT: The term of this Agreement shall be from the date of signing by all parties through December 31, 2021or as otherwise agreed to by the parties in writing. The parties may agree to a different termination date if justified by a change in circumstances by a subsequent amendment to this Agreement. All other terms and conditions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless amended. Any such amendment shall conform to the requirements of sections eight (8), nine (9) and twelve (12) below. 4. ADMINISTRATION: No new or separate legal or administrative entity is created to administer the provisions of this Agreement. This Agreement shall be administered by The Kittitas County Health Officer subject to the approval of the Kittitas County Board of Health on behalf of the above-named parties.