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EXHIBIT A <br />Puget Sound Clean Water Alliance <br />Rules for Conduct of Business <br />Adopted as Revised 3/23/2020 <br />1. Membership <br />1.1 The members of the Alliance are the designated representatives of the Originating <br />Members listed below: <br />• City of Tacoma <br />• City of Everett <br />Additional representatives of Alliance Members can be named for committee assignments or as <br />alternates; provided that, each Alliance Member shall have only one vote on items before the <br />Board. <br />1.2 New Members may be added as Alliance Members; provided that, all Alliance <br />Members shall be either a City, County or Utility District maintaining and operating a publicly <br />owned treatment works (POTW), or an association that represents one of the above. A New <br />Member may apply to the Alliance Board to be added as a New Member. As a condition of <br />becoming a voting New Member, the Board may require payment of the assessment as provided <br />at Section 4 of this Agreement, unless the applicant wishes to be a non -voting member. New <br />Member applications may be approved by the Board Chair, and upon such approval the approved <br />New Member shall be approved in accordance with its ordinary process and execute this <br />Agreement and submit the approved and executed Agreement to the Board Secretary. The <br />effective date of the Agreement as to any voting New Member shall be the date that the <br />assessment is transmitted to the City of Tacoma for deposit to the Fund, and for non -voting <br />members, the effective date shall be the date of execution by the New Member. <br />2. Voting/Financial Responsibility <br />2.1 To be a voting Alliance Member, the Alliance Member must be current in the <br />payment (within 90 days of notice) of any assessments approved by the Board. If a member <br />chooses to not make payment, they may continue to participate as a non -voting Alliance Member <br />unless the Board by a two-thirds majority of voting members approve removal of the non -voting <br />Alliance Member. <br />2.2 Alliance Member payments shall be assessed on a project by project basis. <br />Allocation of Board Funds to a proposed project budget shall be approved by the Board based on <br />the relative mutual benefits of each project. <br />2.3 Except as otherwise provided herein, adoption of any item requiring a formal <br />vote/decision will require a simple majority of the voting members. A consensus positive vote <br />will be the objective for all actions. <br />Puget Sound Clean Water Alliance <br />Funding Agreement, February 2021 <br />Page 7 of 13 <br />