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13.0 CONTRACTS The County may from time to time enter into such agreements or contracts with various vendors to purchase or lease equipment, and for installation, service and maintenance of equipment as may be necessary and required in order to effectuate this Agreement. All such agreements or contracts shall comply with applicable State Law for counties. Appropriate shared costs will be included in backbone cost-sharing allocations. 13.1 County Responsibilities OCSD/Communications shall negotiate and enter into agreements or contracts with the various vendors as contemplated in this Agreement. OCSD/Communications shall make payments due and payable under such agreements On behalf of Partner and Participating Agencies. OCSD/Communications shall negotiate and enter into agreements with new Participating Agencies which may hereafter receive approval to access the System for day-to-day operations pursuant to this Agreement, provided that: . The Participating Agency agrees to the terms, conditions and costs for entry as defined by the Governance Committee On behalf of the Partners. Current policy by the Govemance Committee directs a system entry fee of $3,29S per radio for Federal or State agency participation and $2,480 per radio for agencies operating strictly within the confines of the County. Participating Agencies are required to have their radios tempIated and programmed by OCSD/Communications Division staff, participate in the flat fee radio equipment maintenance program, and meet their annual backbone cost sharing obligation. . Requests by Participating Agencies will be evaluated in terms of potential channel loading On the 800 MHz CCCS. This evaluation will include an identification of the number of radios to be added, the type of communication being conducted, and the specific radio cell that will be impacted by the addition of this Participating Agency. If the addition of the Participating Agency may cause an extensive impact on channel loading, an outside channel loading analysis may be pursued at the expense ofthe requesting Agency. . Additional terms, conditions, and costs for entry shall be included in a separate agreement as established by the Governance Committee. The Governance Committee is given said authority under this Agreement with the understanding that adequate fees will be charged as appropriate. Said separate agreement shall include any direct or indirect compensation to Partner Agencies for System Backbone usage by new Participating Agency(s). Joint Agreement Nov232004 Final Page 10