2025/04/30 Council Agenda Packet

22 i. Priority 1: public safety (police, fire and emergency medical services) Subscribers; Subscribers able to interact with control stations in public school districts and public hospitals within Snohomish County; and other public agencies served by compatible radio communication systems; ii. Priority 2: other public agencies with emergency response duties; and iii. Priority 3: other entities, as determined by the Governing Board. Emergency Public Safety Radio System Replacement Project. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no Participating Agency assumes the obligation to fund capital costs related to the design, development, construction or maintenance of the Radio System Replacement Project, and neither the full faith and credit or taxing power is pledged by a Participating Agency for such purpose, except as such obligation may be agreed to and specifically set forth in a separate agreement between the Participating Agency and Snohomish County. SECTION 12. BUDGET; ASSESSMENT FORMULA; PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS; DELINQUENCIES; RESERVE FUNDS. a. Budget Fiscal Year. The Snohomish County 911 budget fiscal year shall be either the calendar year, or two calendar years, as the Governing Board may determine. c. Budget Approval. The Executive Director shall present a proposed budget to the Governing Board by no later than August 1 preceding the next budget period and the Governing Board shall approve its budget by no later than September 25. Thereafter and in no event later than September 30, Participating Agencies shall be advised on the programs and objectives contained in the proposed budget, of any changes in the User Fee formula(e), and of the required financial participation for each Principal and Subscriber for the following year(s) based upon the proposed budget. Participation by each Principal and Subscriber is contingent upon subsequent legislative appropriation for the following fiscal year. Principals and Subscribers shall promptly notify Snohomish County 911 if it does not approve its budget allocation. Any Principal not approving its full budget allocation (Assessment and cost of any Additional Services it has agreed to purchase) shall be automatically converted to Subscriber status effective the first day of the budget year (whether biennial or annual) for which the Principal did not approve its budget allocation, and subject to penalty as described in Section 12. d. User Fee Formula. The User Fee formula applicable to Principals for Emergency Communications Services referred to as the “Assessment formula”, shall be initially approved as set forth in Exhibit B to this Agreement. The Assessment formula(e) may be changed from time to time as part of the budget process, and any such changes shall be approved by Supermajority Vote of the Governing Board in accordance with Section 6.i. Additional Services require only Simple Majority Vote of the Governing