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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgreements/Contracts - BOCC (002)fi GRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA MEETING REQUEST FORM (Must be submitted to the Clerk of the Board by 12:00pm on Thursday) REQUESTING DEPARTMENT:Commissioners Office REQUEST SUBMITTED BY: B VaSCjUeZ CONTACT PERSON ATTENDING ROUNDTABLE: B VaSgU@Z CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION: DYES ® NO DATE: 2/1 1 /25 PHONE:292$ RAgreement / Contract ❑AP Vouchers ❑Appointment / Reappointment ❑ARPA Related ❑ Bids / RFPs / Quotes Award ❑ Bid Opening Scheduled ❑ Boards / Committees ❑ Budget ❑ Computer Related ❑ County Code ❑ Emergency Purchase ❑ Employee Rel. ❑ Facilities Related ❑ Financial ❑ Funds ❑ Hearing ❑ Invoices / Purchase Orders ❑ Grants — Fed/State/County ❑ Leases ❑ MOA / MOU ❑ Minutes ❑ Ordinances ❑ Out of State Travel ❑ Petty Cash ❑ Policies ❑ Proclamations ❑ Request for Purchase ❑ Resolution ❑ Recommendation ❑ Professional Serv/Consultant ❑ Support Letter ❑ Surplus Req. ❑Tax Levies ❑Thank You's ❑Tax Title Property ❑WSLCB a I nterlocal Agreement between Chelan, Okanogan, Douglas andCounty's g g Grant for their work on the assembled Regional Diversion Workgroup and a for the g p pay Facilitation Consultant. Term is 4 years from execution, unless terminated earlier. If necessary, was this document reviewed by accounting? ❑ YES ❑ NO 0 N/A If necessary, was this document reviewed by legal? 0 YES ❑ NO ❑ N/A DATE OF ACTION: CG 2S DEFERRED OR CONTINUED TO- APPROVE: DENIED ABSTAIN D1: D2: D3: 4/23/24 WITHDRAWN - RECEIVED FEB 11 2025 GRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS K25-024 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN CHELAN COUNTY, OKANOGAN COUNTY, GRANT COUNTY and DOUGLAS COUNTY Regional Diversion Facility and Workgroup Consultant THIS Interlocal Agreement (Agreement) is made and entered into between Chelan County, y Okanogan County, Douglas County and Grant County collectively "Parties" and is effective on the date when the last signatory approves this agreement. RECITALS WHEREAS, in 2020, the North Central Washington Region inclusive of Chelan, Okanogan Douglas, and Grant counties —as . sembled a Regional Diversion Workgroup, comprised of representatives from diverse stakeholder groups including fenders, service providers, law enforcement, corrections, courts, and others; WHEREAS, over the past three years, the workgroup has convened monthly to strategize around the behavioral health crisis system and identify opportunities to divert individuals with mental health and substance use disorder from the criminal justice system into treatment; WHEREAS, through the workgroup, the region has achieved incredible cross -functional buy -in, and e y stablished strong cross -county collaboration to improve the behavioral health crisis system. stem. WHEREAS, the workgroup has identified some of the key challenges facing the community, y including the prevalence of individuals with mental health and substance use disorders and gaps that exist in the crisis continuum, limitations in available services, and a lack of standardization across counties; WHEREAS, Connections was contracted by Chelan County to work with the North Central Region to help assess the regional behavioral health crisis system, including identifying the core components of the existing continuum and how they are functioning, uncovering unmet needs and gaps, and recommending strategies to improve and build upon the crisis system; p Y WHEREAS, in the fall of 2023, Connections conducted three days of on -the -ground stakeholder visits in all four counties and facilitated a one day in -person, partial SIM mapping o pp g workshop for a broad group of participants from the North Central Region; WHEREAS, a full report was prepared that addressed the crisis response system in all of North Central Washington including Okanogan County, Chelan County, Douglas County and Grant County; and WHEREAS; the Chelan County Commissioners recognize the importance of understandingthe crisis response system in light of the mental health crisis and the opioid epidemic occurring throughout the nation including Chelan County; and WHEREAS; the Okanogan County Commissioners recognize the importance of understanding the crisis response system in light of the mental health crisis and the opioid epidemic occurring throughout the nation including Okanogan County; and WHEREAS; the Douglas County Commissioners recognize the importance of understanding the crisis response system in light of the mental health crisis and opioid epidemic occurring throughout the nation including Douglas County; and WHEREAS; the Grant County Commissioners recognize the importance of understanding the crisis response system in light of the mental health crisis and opioid epidemic occurring throughout the nation including Grant County; and WHEREAS, in order to address the need for knowledge to address the mental health crisis and substance use disorder epidemic, Chelan County, Okanogan County, Douglas County, and Grant County all desire to participate financially in consulting services secured by the parties, to receive and utilize the analysis prepared by Connections, and continue collaboration with each other and other North Central Washington counties to re explore ion wide solutions to mental p g health and substance use disorder related issues. NOW THEREFORE; the parties agree as follows: AGREEMENT 1. The above recitals are incorporated into this Agreement by this reference as if set forth in full. 2. The purpose of this Agreement is to define the responsibilities of the Parties with respect to the items described herein. 3. The Parties agree that there is a need to examine and evaluate region wide solutions to substance use related issues existing in North Central Washington. 4. The Parties agree that there is a need to retain a Facilitation Consultant (Consultant) as well as perform other scopes of work or contract with other entities from time to time for the development of a regional diversion center and workgroup to assist in guiding the Parties towards achieving diversion workshop goals, to include collaboration on regional solutions for crisis response, mental health evaluation and treatment emphasizing the substance use disorder crisis in the North Central Region. 5. The Parties agree to share equally, and pay any and all costs, fees and expenses incurred by the Consultant in the performance of their consulting services as well as any other future mutually agreed upon contracts or scopes of work. All costs, fees and expenses shall be.paid within 30 days of complete execution of this agreement by all Parties. The Fiscal Agent is authorized to holdback 3 % of the total invoiced amount to offset the costs associated with contract management. 6. Fiscal Agent. The Parties appoint the Chelan County Board of Commissioners to act on their behalf as the fiscal agent for the purposes of this Contract and any future contracts or scopes of work to be performed that are mutually agreed upon and funded by the Parties. 7. The Fiscal Agent may cease serving as the Fiscal Agent upon sixty (60) days written notice to the Parties. The Parties may terminate the Fiscal Agent upon majority vote of the Parties and shall provide thirty days written notice (30 days) of termination. 8. The Parties may appoint a new Fiscal Agent upon majority vote of the Parties. 9. Subject to its other provisions, this Agreement shall be effective when the last signatory g rY approves or ratifies and executes this Agreement and shall be completed four years from its effective date, unless terminated sooner as provided in this Agreement. 10. No separate legal entity is created by this Agreement and the Parties agree that no separate legal or administrative entities are necessary to carry out this Agreement. 11. No Joint Venture and the Parties agree that nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as creating any type or manner of partnership, joint venture or other joint enterprise between the parties. 12. No Assignment. This Y anyAgreement shall not be assigned, either in whole or in part, b Party without the express written unanimous consent of the other Parties, which may be granted or withheld in the other Parties discretion. Any attempt to assign this Agreement in violation of the preceding sentence shall be null and void and shall constitute a Default under this Agreement 13. Each party accepts responsibility for its independent compliance with federal, state or local laws and regulations. 14. Any additional funding other than that set forth herein requires the written approval of the Parties hereto. 15. The Parties shall not jointly acquire property and therefore there is no need to set forth a means of disposition of such property. 16. This Agreement may only be modified by mutual agreement of all parties hereto, executed in writing, in the same manner as this Agreement. The parties agree that this Agreement is the complete expression of the terms hereto and any oral representations or understandings not incorporated herein are excluded. 17. If, for any reason, any part, term or provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, the validity of the remaining provision shall not be affected and the rights and obligations of the parties shall be construed and enforced as if the Agreement did not contain the particular provision held to be invalid. 18. Any of the parties may terminate this Agreement, with or without cause upon thirty (30) days prior written notification to the Parties. The termination notice shall specify the date on which the Agreement shall terminate. 19. Default. If any Party fails to perform any act or obligation required to be performed by it hereunder, any other Party shall deliver written notice of such failure to the nonperforming party. The non -performing party shall have fifteen (15) days after its receipt of such notice in which to correct its failure to perform the act or obligation at issue, after which time it shall be in default ("Default") under this Agreement; provided, however, that if the non- performance is of a type that could not reasonably be cured within said fifteen (15) day period, then the non -performing party shall not be in Default if it commences cure within said fifteen (15) day period and thereafter diligently pursues cure to completion. 20. No Third -Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement and each and every provision hereof is for the sole benefit of Parties and no other persons or parties shall be deemed to have any rights in, under or to this Agreement. 21. Governing Law and Venue. This Agreement shall be governed by and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington. The venue of any action arising out of this Agreement shall be in the Superior Court of the State of Washington, in and for Chelan County. In the event that a lawsuit is instituted to enforce any provision of this Agreement, each party shall pay its own attorney's fees and costs. 22. An executed copy of this agreement shall be filed as required with the Auditor or listed by subject on each party's website pursuant to RCW 39.34.040 prior to being effective. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed according to the terms written above. Adopted: ATTEST. Carlye B kty, ler of the and APPR ED AS TO FORM: 1im i e I, Prosecuting Attorney DOUGLAS COUNTY, WASHIN TON BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS M S. Straub, Chair - "'F Dan Sutton, Commissioner Randy Ag , Co missioner 2..- Adopted--- ATTEST: Clerk of the Board APPROVED AS TO FORM: GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS .... ...................... . a i awl a Commissiol', er CommissioneEZ Adopted: ion NmA Chair 0001��' 'V'0('f "04't' '.Oov� &t VI a 'P Johna CMC,`Clerk of the Board APPROVED AS TO FORM: Esther Milner, Chief Civil Prosecuting Attorney Page 5of10 -Hl Adopted:.�Jljo M � , 7 2-A C 0 40� Commissioners SEAL Ln 00, 0 P W A //11111100\ ATTEST: 0 w 2 awl IT ")l ce Pro.*cutifig Attorn M: .011, CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Chair Commissioner Commissioner