Memorandum of Understanding - St Joe County Health Dept - Lead Paint Analyzer Donation

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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE SOUTH BEND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THE ST. JOSEPH COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT This Memorandum of Understanding (this "Agreement") is made and executed between the City of South Bend, Indiana (the "City") acting by and through its Board of Public Works ("BPW"), and the St. Joseph County Board of Health on behalf of and for the benefit of the St Joseph County Health Department ("SJCHD") WHEREAS, SJCHD is the public health authority that oversees the City of South Bend, and bears statutory responsibility for the management of child blood lead poisoning; WHEREAS, SJCHD desires to purchase an XRF lead paint analyzer for the identification of lead paint and dust contamination, and would like assistance from the City in effectuating the demolition; WHEREAS, SJCHD desires to purchase materials for the compilation of "lead response kits" for distribution to residents of St. Joseph County; and WHEREAS, the City believes the purchase of the XRF lead paint analyzer and lead response kits will generally benefit the residents of the City and desires to provide funding to SJCHD to assist with the purchase of these resources, NOW, THEREFORE, BPW and SJCHD do hereby mutually agree as follows: I. TERM This Agreement shall commence on October _, 2018 and continue until SJCHD certifies to the City that the aforementioned purchases have been concluded, which shall be no later than March 30, 2019. II. GENERAL TERMS BPW shall authorize a donation to SJCHD in the amount of Twenty -Six Thousand, Five - Hundred Sixteen Dollars ($26,516) (the "Donation Amount") to be used for the purchase of an XRF lead paint analyzer, regular maintenance of the same XRF analyzer, and the compilation of lead safety kits containing cleaning materials and educational resources for public distribution. III. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY a) The City, through BPW, will authorize and provide the Donation Amount to SJCHD in a manner reasonably described by SJCHD. b) The City shall appoint a contact person from its Department of Community Investment to confer with SJCHD and ensure that the Donation Amount is used for purchases described above. c) The City agrees to obey all applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations.