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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDINGBETWEENKITTITASCOUNTYSUPERIORCOURT <br />AND <br />MERIT RESOURCES <br />PURPOSE: <br />The Washington State Legislature has authorized the various counties to establish and operatedrugcourts.A Drug Court is defined as "a court that has special calendars or dockets designedtoachieveareductioninrecidivismandsubstanceabuseamongnonviolent,substance abusingfelonyandnon-felonyoffenders by increasing their likelihood for successful rehabilitationthroughearly,continuous,and intense judiciany supervised treatment;mandatory periodic drugtesting,and the use of appropriate sanctions and other rehabilitation services" <br />Consistent with the above legislative intent and authority as expressed in RCW 2.28.170,theKittitasCountySuperiorCourtestablishedsuchaDrugCourt.On January 1,2009,they enteredintoaMemorandmnofUnderstanding(MOU)with Alcohol Druig Dependency Services (ADDS)to work together to support the treatment and testing services described above.The intent ofworkingjointlyinthismatterwastohelpdefraythecostsimposeduponADDSbythenecessaryandintensivedrugtestingofthoseenteredintothedrugcourtprogram,specifically thecollectionandrelatedtestingorurinalysissamples. <br />On July 1,2015 ADDS was purchased by Merit Resources (Merit)who assumed allresponsibilitiesundertheMOU.This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)memorializes andoutlineswaysinwhichKittitasCountySuperiorCourtandMeritResourceshaveworkedtogetherandwillcontinuetoworktogethertoprovideadrugcourtintheKittitasCountySuperiorCourt. <br />It is the desire of the parties to contüme to improve the Drug Court by entering into thisAgreement.Merit is aware that by entering into this Agreement they will be contractually boundtoprovideservicesinadditiontothoserequiredbytheMOUenteredintoonJanuary1,2009. <br />This MOU shall be effective as of March 1,2020 and continue indefmitely unless terminated asdescribed.Both parties may review terms of this MOU annually or as needed.The Agreementmaybeamendedonlybymutualagreementandonlybyawritingsignedbybothpartiesortheirauthorizedrepresentatives.Either party may terminate this Agreement within sixty (60)dayswrittennoticewithorwithoutcause.This MOU will remain in effect until there is a writtennotificationfromeitherpartythatthereisaneedtochangeorterminatethisMOU.This MOUcompletelysubsumestheMOUenteredintoonJanuary1,2009 by ADDS and the KittitasCountySuperiorCourt. <br />1.IT IS AGREED THAT MEPJT SOURCES SHALL: