HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution For CERB Broadband FundingBOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS COUNTY OF
KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AN INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN KITTITAS COUNTY AND ELLENSBURG
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (DBA CENTERFUSE) FOR
APPLICATION FOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION
BOARD FUNDING
RESOLUTION NO. 2021 -
WHEREAS: Kittitas County is leading a local Broadband Action Team focused on improving
broadband access and affordability in Kittitas County; and
WHEREAS: RCW 39.34, the Interlocal Cooperation Act, provides the capability for public
agencies to cooperate by providing services and facilities for mutual advantage; and
WHEREAS: Ellensburg Business Development Authority dba CenterFuse (CenterFuse) is a public
development authority created by the City of Ellensburg under Chapter 35.21 RCW
and Ellensburg Ordinance No. 3895, as amended, and operates under its adopted
Charter and Bylaws; and
WHEREAS: Kittitas County and CenterFuse desire to promote broadband infrastructure
development and secure funding in support of said development; and
WHEREAS: RCW 39.34.080 and other Washington law, as amended, authorizes any city to
contract with any other city/county to perform any governmental service, activity or
undertaking which each contracting city/county is authorized by law to perform; and
WHEREAS: The governing bodies of each of the parties hereto have determined to enter into this
Agreement as authorized and provided for by RCW 39.34.080 and other Washington
law, as amended.
WHEREAS: The purpose of this Agreement is for the purposes of preparation of a grant application
for broadband feasibility planning through the Community Economic Revitalization
Board’s (“CERB”) Planning Program; and
WHEREAS: The County desires obtaining the services of CenterFuse in the preparation of a grant
application for broadband feasibility planning through the Community Economic
Revitalization Board’s (“CERB”) Planning Program; and
WHEREAS: The County shall commit 25% of total project cost if successfully awarded the
$50,000 CERB grant, presumably $16,667.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners of Kittitas County
hereby authorizes execution of an interlocal agreement between Kittitas County and
CenterFuse to apply for CERB Planning Program funding on behalf of Kittitas County for
the purpose of a broadband feasibility study.
ADOPTED this day of June, 2021.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Chair
Vice-Chair
Commissioner
ATTEST APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Clerk of the Board – Julie Kjorsvik Stephanie Hartung – Kittitas County DPA
Deputy Clerk of the Board – Mandy Buchholz