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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC06-126 " i"{'(~. j:-,/ ..;C',., i AGREEMENT BET\VEE;>Il EAGLE COVNTY AND JEROME EVANS. PhD. This Aj,'Teemcnt (""the Agreemenf'), made this 17th day of April, 2006. betw~cn Eagle County, Colorado ("COUnty'") and Jerome Evans, PhD. ("ContractUJ'"), \\/I1'1\'E85E1'H; Whereas, County, through its Department ofAealth and Human Servkes ("HHS'), work!; to promote the health, saf",l)' and \vdfare of County re~ident~ of all agcs; and Wh~reil-S, amung the services COWlty provides in order to promote such health, sakty und welfare is om':ome evalu<ltion of e<lfIy <:hildhood home visitution program~; anu Whereas, th~ use of outside providcr~ ohuch ~ervk~s enhances the anility ofth~ County to promotesu<:hhealth,safctYiUldweHare;and \\/hereas. Contractor is a provider of su<:h services and wishes to contract with COWlty to pT(wide such setvices to COWltyTesidents innelXi tner~of. Now, therefllrc, lJl consideration of the f(lTegOlng premises and the foI1owingpromise~, COllnty and Contractorenrcrinto this Agrccnlent Article I; SCOPE COnlTactor shaH provide independent evaluatiun offmniIy und prognull Outcomes t()r HAS e<lfly duldhoodhomevisitmion servi<:es,~pccitical1y: L R~view and update th~ c~isting 12 -Key Outcomes ass~ssment tool. " L'pdate thc HHS Early Childhood dataha~e tot mat<:h inlormation collected by the ~. w;sessmentwoL 3. CoIlectduta Erom the hume visitors und enter duta into thedatabw;e, 4. Analyze<:ojjedCddataundprepaT~reportsasreyuestedhytheJjHSEm-IYC'hiIdhuod ManugeT. The County shall provide thc Contractor with: I. Current rcquiremcnt~ for information anu reports. 2, S~hcduIcd time for th~ contrador to meet with and provide training uf Em-Iy ChiIJhood staff in the evaluation Systcnl. Article II; TER;\t Tbisi\grecm~llt sruul commen<:~ on January I, 2006 and shall terminate on De<:emh~r 31, 2006. Article III: COMPE;>IlSATlON A. County will ~umpensiU~ Contrador lor rertomlan<:~ of Assigncd Scrvicc~ ut the rate of $50 per hour. Thc mm,imum umOUll! of reimbursement under this agreement is $ 50()(). B. It: priOf 10 payment OfCOlllpCllSalion or reimbursement for services hUla ftcrsubmis.,ionto Coullty of ~ regU~st therefor by C()lltra~lOr, COUnty rea.<OIU\hly delcnnines [hat payment as requested would be improper becau.<e the :;~rvi~es were 110t performed as pfe:;~rjhed hy the prov;:;ion, ofthi, Agreement, the Counly shall have no ohligation to mak~ su~h paymelll. If. ~l ~ny time ~rter or during [he Term or after termination of this ^gre~menl as hereinafler provided or expiration Oflhis Agr~em~l1t, Counly reasonably delClnlines (hat allY payment (heretofore paid hy Counly to ContraClor "....as improper because [he ,ervi~es fM which paymclll \Va.' made were not performed as rres~rjbed by th~ pl'o\'isiol1softhis Agreement, then upon written Ilolice of such determination and requesl for reimbur'ement Jrom COUllty, Contl'aclor shail {(mhwith relurn such payment to Counly_ IJpol1tenninationoflhisAgrecmentashercinanel'prOYidedOr expiriltion orthe Ternl, allY ullexpel1d~d fUl1ds advallced by County 10 COI1ll'a~tor ,hall forthwith hercturned10 COUntv_ IV, TER)\UNATJON Counly may l~mlillate lhis Agreemel1l m any tim~ and for all)' rea,;oll Or 110 re~SOI1 upon wriu~n noticc to Contractor spc~ifying the date ofWrlllination, which dak "h~1I be llot less lhan ten (IOJ days Jj'om the date ofthc nOlice, In lhe evem Conlractor files )'orbankruptcyorisd~dared bankfllpt or dis",lvcs, County may decl~rc in writil1g that lhis Agreement is lermil1awd, and a]1 right, o)'Contra~tor al1d oh]igations of County, ~xccpt t()f paymentol'accrucd but unpaid fees ande"pel1ses,shallwnninateimmcdi~lcly. V, CONTRACTOR'S DUTIES ^, A]I fllnds re,eived hy Contractor under this Agre~menl "hal] be or have heen expended SO]eJYforlhepurposetorwhichgranled,alldaI1YJlmdsI1Olsocxpended,includingfundslostor divertcd for other purposes, shaJ] be returned to County, 8, Contractor shall maintaill, {(lra minimum of3 years, adequate Jinan~ia] and programmati~ rc~ord, Jor I'eporting to County on perform~nce if its responsibilitie" hereunder. COntraclor shall besubjecltofinanciaJaudilhyJ"deral,slateorcountyauditor:;ortheirdesig-nee,I, Contrador authorile, County to perfonn audits or to make in'peclion:;during l10rm albusinesshours.UpOll 48 hours notice 10 Contractor, tor the purposeofe"aluating perfor milnccllndcrthisAgwemCI1l. Cilntractorshall cooperate fully with aUlhorlzed HIISrepresenlatives i ntheob:;ervaliollal1d evalualion ofth~ progr~m ~nd re~ords, Contra~tor shall have the rigl1t 10 di,'pule any claims of misuse offund:; and seek analni~ableresolutionwithCounty, C. Tn wndering it, servi~es hereunder, COl1lr~~tor shall comply with dIe highest standard, of CUS[()mer service to the pubJi~, Contractor sl1all provide appropriaw 'upen!ision of it, employees 10 en'ure the majntenanc~ of these high ,'lIlndards 0)' cu,\tomer s~rviee and pmfes,iona]isl11, the perJ'mllal1ce of such obligation tobedeterl11ined~llhesolediscretionofCounty, lnlheevelll that Counly tinds these standards of CUSlomer service are not b~ing met by COlltractor, County may ImUlinate lhis Agr~ement ill whole or in pmt, upon 1~11 (JO) days l1oti~e to th~ COntraclor. , D, The County may request periodic written repon, cOlleerning service, under this Agreement. Contra~tor "h~Jj provide the COllnty Wilh a final written report no laler lhan Deccmher 15, 2006 reimbllrsemcnl for 'ervi~es rdatingto the pl~n is slIbjecllo!hc limely rcceipt "fwri\tcll a"essmelll, plan, andrcports, E_ Contr~dor'shall safegu~rd inJoll1wioll and confidcnlialily oflhe child and lhc ~hild', family in acconJan~e with rules of tile Colorado DCpartmellt of Human Scrvices and f.:agle COllnty llcalth and lluman Servi~es, and thc Heallh Inlomwion Privacy and Account~bility Act. F Cont"ador shall submit billings 10 COlillly. 13illings will he p~id lhrough the County'" lIsual billpayingprocc,"_ Billings musl he ,uhmlued by the lifth w(}ddng d~y of the subsequcnt rn(}lllh In order to be eligible Ji,rreimbur,cmem, except thai bil lillgsforscrvicc'pwvided thwllgh Deccmher 31, 2006mu"tbcsubmilted by January 6,2007 in order to bc eligible for reimhursement. VI. '\IOTTCE AllY n(}licerequiredunderthi,Agreemenlshall be given ill writillgh yregi"tcredorcertified mail;relum '"Cceiptre'lliestcd which shall hc addrc>seda, rolJow": COU)JT'Y: CONTRACTOI~: Eagle County Hcalth & Human Serviccs JemmcEvan"PhD P,O.13ox660(mailingaddres,l 309 Deer Run (55113roadway-physical loc~lion) Carbondale, CO R162J hgle,CORT631 .lITYi!!!'illhd(dcol1lcast_net Noti~c'haJ]bedcemcdgivcnthrcC(3ldaysanerthedaleofdepositinaregulardeposiloryof the Uniled Sl<nes Postal Servi~e_ VII. ASSIGNMENT COnlracl(}rshall nOlas"ign any (}rits rights or dUlies lInderlhi, 'Agreementt(}athirdp~rly without the p"ior wrillell consent of ("Ulll)'. County shalllenninate this Agreemcnt in the Cvelll ohny ~ssigllmenl wilhout iI, prior writlen wl1scnl of ((}lillly_ VHI. MOmFICATlO~ Any revision, amendmelll or modilicat;on Oflhis Agreemelll shall be valid only ifin writing and signed by all pal1.ies, IX. MISCELLANEOUS A. The relati(}nship ofC(}lllractorto County is lhat ofindepelldcnl COn lractor. Noagenl employccorvolullleerofContraclOr_,hall he dcemed to bean agent, e mployee(}rvolunlecrof County, , B. In lhe eV~nt of litigatioll in connedion with !hi., AgreemcnL th~ prevailing pan)' shall be emilled tn recover alll"e~sonabJc ~osts illcurred, including attomey f~e', CO'ls, slafftime and "thercl~im l"el~led expense. C. Invalidityorunenforceahilityofanypro\'isionofthi~AgreemenI shall not affeCl the olher provision., hen:of. and lhis Agl"eement shall be construed '" if such invalid or un~llfor~~ahle provision was omitted. n, Contractor shall indemnify and hold harmless County. ils Hoard ofCmnmi,'sioners. alld the individllal members there"f, it, agen~ies, d~parlmenlS, Qfficers, agcnts, ~ll]ployees, ~ervanls ~nd il.' successor, from allY ,md all del1l~nds, lo>ses, liabilities, claims Or judgmem" together Wilh ~II costs and expCllseS, including bUlnot limited 10 anoTlley fees, inci delltthel.etowhichm~yaccruc agaillst be charged 10 (}I' b~ recovel'able from County, its B"ard "fCommis,ioner." and the individual memhers thereof ils ~genci~s, depart men Is, of1icers, agems. employe~s, servallts and ils SIlCces,or." ~s a result oflhe acts or omission., OfC(}]ltr~cl(}l', ii, employe~s or agents. in or in part pUl'~lI~nt to lhi" Agreement "r ~ri.,ing dil"eclly or indirectly OUl ofColltraetor's cxerci,c "f ilS privilege"orpertom1anc~ofitsohligati0nsunderthis^greement. E. Comractorshall comply at ~1I times and in all re'peet, with all applic~ble fed~ra1. state and 10call~l,vs, resolutions, and codes, F. !\'otwithstanding anythillg to the ~olltl'ary contained in this Agre~ment, ('"umy shall hove n" "hligations under lhi., Agreement after, nor ,hall any p~ymems he made to C"ntractor in respect of any period after, December 3 1st of the calcndar year oflhe T~rm ofl.his Agreement, without an appropl'i~li(}]l th~refon: by COUllty in accordanc~ with a hudget adopted by the B"~rd of County C0mmi~sioncrs in COmpliance with the provi.\ions of Article 25, Tille 30 of the Colorad" Revised Statutes. thc Local Govemmelll Budget I ,aw (C.R.S. 29- 1-101 etse'l.l and the TABOR Amendment (C"lorad" Comtitmion, Article X, Sec. 20). G. 111is Agreement shall b~ govemed by the laws of the State of Colorado, Jurisdiction and venue for any SUil, l"ight or calise ofac.tion arising under, orine onnectlrlll with this Agreement sh~lI he exdusive in Eagle County, Colorado, H. 111is Agr~em~nt sup~rsede, all pr<:yious communications, negotiation., and/or agreements belwecn the r~speclive parlies h~reto, either verbal "'. written, alld the Same nOl expre"ly cOlltain~dhereinare hereby withdra\.\'n and anl1ulled. Thi,i,an integrated agreement and there ~re llO representations abOllt any of the ,ubjed m~Her here"fexeeptas expre.<sly ,et forlh in lhis Agreement L ThisAgrecmemdoe.\not,andshallnothedcemed(}l'con'tnl~dto,collfer upon Or grant to allY thirdparly orpaltie"my righttoclaimdam~ges ortobring~ny suit, action mother pro~eedjng agaillSl either Contracior [)I' COUllty becau,~ of ~ny breach hereof Or heeau.'e of any of the lem15, COvenant." ~greem~llt' and condition~ hen:in, < 1. COnlrddor certifies lh~t it h~s read the Agre~ment, ulldersl~nds each ~lld every lmll and the r~'1ui"emeI1lS set forth her~in, and agrn:", to ~omply with lhe same, In Wilness \Vherwf, County ~l1d Contract",. have executed this /\g"ecment il1lriplicate 011 the date set forth ahov~. Two wunlcrparlS have been delivered to County and one to C'ontr~ctor, COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATf; OF COLORi\DO By and through il.l Boa,.d of County Commissioners ;af- ;; ---::0 4' //>/ ,/-- /, ---~ // By: __/''''''_-5<_~;:!~__0_/_/ -~. -..----'--r'-..-_,_ PelcrF_Runyon.Chainlla>Y"--- " ATrEST: , ~~"""'" -.... '. -'."..' "':'-.'-".."" 'K..J __'~'. Ckr . (I lhe 130ard -01' County (:omm~~oii-;,_,:>-/' ,,,,,",,0 COl\TRACTOR: Jerume Evans. PhO. H~i ~,tip. :~ ..------- ;