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<br />A-1 <br /> <br /> 10156 99999 hg108542r9 <br />EXHIBIT A <br /> <br />Process for Selecting Governing Board Members and Alternates <br /> <br />Governing Board Members are selected every two (2) years in April, through the process <br />described below. <br /> <br />If not defined in this Exhibit A, capitalized terms have the meaning stated in the <br />Agreement. <br /> <br />As used in this Exhibit A: <br /> Population Served means the residential population of all territory Directly Served <br />by a Principal Police Agency or Fire Agency, according to the most recent annual <br />report issued by the State Office of Financial Management each year determining <br />the population of each jurisdiction. <br /> Administration and Technology Cost Center means all costs allocated to this <br />cost center that are not otherwise attributed to another cost center as defined in <br />Exhibit B. <br /> <br />Step 1. Police Agencies are divided into four (4) caucuses <br /> <br />a. Rank each Police Agency by the pro rata share of the Administration and <br />Technology Cost Center for each Police Agency <br /> from smallest to largest, provided, however, that to avoid double counting, <br />Population Served shall be based on the population for which the Police <br />Agency has general policing responsibilities; contracts for special services <br />(such as bomb squad or SWAT responses only) are not included in the <br />calculation of Population Served. <br /> <br />b. Snohomish County shall be its own caucus (until and unless it is no longer the <br />largest Police Agency in terms of pro rata share of the Administration and <br />Technology Cost Center, in which case all four caucuses shall be determined <br />as per Subsection c below). <br /> <br />c. The remaining Police Agencies shall be divided into three roughly equal <br />caucuses based on pro rata share of the Administration and Technology Cost <br />Center, starting from the smallest Police Agency and working up to agencies <br />serving more population. In deciding where to divide caucuses, the following <br />rules shall apply: <br /> <br />i. No Police Agency shall be divided into two caucuses. <br /> <br />ii. Caucuses with the smallest agencies (the two caucuses with three <br />Governing Board Member seats, referred to as Small and Medium