20-102 - Puget Sound Emergency Radio Network (PSERN) - Interlocal Cooperation Agreement

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NOW, THEREFORE, the Valley Com member cities agree to the above Recitals and the following: AGREEMENT 1. The five Valley Com member cities authorize the Valley Com Administration Board to select their representative on the PSERN Board of Directors at the times and within the constraints established in the Operator ILA. To be eligible to represent the Valley Com member cities, the selected representative must be a mayor from one of the member cities. It is understood, but not required, that the Valley Com Executive Director may act as the representative's designee on a full-time or an occasional basis, or the representative may select any other alternate or designee when needed, as provided in the Operator ILA. 2. Selection of the Valley Com member cities' representative for the PSERN Board of Directors shall be only by supermajority vote of the full Valley Com Administration Board. The regular term of the selected representative shall be two year(s) commencing on January 1 of even numbered years and ending December 31 of odd numbered years. 3. The Valley Com member cities' representative on the PSERN Board of Directors and his/her designee, will comply with all the rights, obligations, and limitations provided to PSERN Board members through the Operator ILA and this MOU. 4. The Valley Corn member cities' representative on the PSERN Board of Directors must, at each regular Valley Com Administration Board meeting, report to the Administration Board on PSERN's current operational status. The Valley Com member cities' representative must, whenever possible and practical, brief the Valley Com Administration Board on issues the representative determines to be material before voting on those matters as a PSERN System Board member. 5. Before voting on any PSERN matter that (a) materially expands the scope of the PSERN system, (b) that materially increases the operational cost of the PSERN System, (c) or that materially amends the Operator ILA, the Valley Com member cities' representative on the PSERN System Board of Directors must brief the Valley Com Administration Board for direction and must vote as a PSERN Board member in accordance with that direction, which must be provided by at least a majority vote of the full Valley Com Administration Board. 6. Notwithstanding the preceding Paragraph 5, the Valley Com member cities' representative, or designee, shall not vote to amend the Operator ILA on matters requiring legislative approval under Section 15.13.1 of the Operator ILA without affirmative authority from each cities' governing body. 6. This MOU will terminate upon the earlier of the expiration or termination of the separate non-profit governmental agency formed under the Interlocal Cooperation Act 2