Item No.         8e_attach1 
Date of Meeting      February 23, 2021 

FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT 
FOR FIRE APPARATUS SERVICE 
This FIFTH Amendment ("FIFTH Amendment") to the Interlocal Agreement for
Fire Apparatus Service by and between the Port of Seattle ("Port") and Puget Sound 
Regional Fire Authority ("PSRFA") , dated March 23, 2016 ("Agreement) is entered into,
pursuant to the provisions of RCW Chapter 39.34, the Interlocal Cooperation Act,
effective on the 1st day of January, 2021 by and between the Port of Seattle, a
Washington municipal corporation ("Port"), and Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority 
("Puget Sound RFA") (referred to herein individually as "Party" and collectively as the
"Parties"). 
WHEREAS, the Port of Seattle and Kent RFA entered into the Agreement to set
forth the understanding, rights and responsibilities of the Parties with respect to the
provision of necessary maintenance and repair of fire apparatus equipment;
WHEREAS, the First Amendment executed December 6, 2016 memorialized the
name change from Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority to Puget Sound Regional
Fire Authority effective January 1, 2017; and 
WHEREAS, the Second Amendment executed November 16, 2017 extended the
Agreement for one (1) year, January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2108; and 
WHEREAS, the Third Amendment executed November 18, 2018 extended the
Agreement for one (1) year, January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019; and 
WHEREAS, the Fourth Amendment executed January 10, 2020 extended the
Agreement for one (1) year, January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020; and 
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to exercise the option to extend the Agreement for
one (1) year, January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, adjust the estimated annual
spend  from  $300,000  to  $600,000,  change  the  CPI-W  adjustment   from
Seattle/Tacoma/Bremerton to Seattle/Tacoma/Bellevue, and other changes described
below. 
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows: 
1. The Term of the Agreement is hereby extended through December 31, 2021. 
2. Section 6 of the Agreement is amended to specify that emergency work will be billed
at the Base Rate plus one-half. 

Puget Sound Regional Fire ILA Fifth Amendment  2021 Extension

Item No.             8e 
Date of Meeting      February 23, 2021 

3. Section 7 of the Agreement is amended as follows: 
A.       The Base Rate for Preventative Maintenance and repair is hereby adjusted
to $128.43 per hour adjustable annually at the beginning of each year based on the
Seattle/Tacoma/Bellevue CPI-W, and will be adjusted January 1 of each year by 100% of
the Seattle/Tacoma/Bellevue CPI-W rate from June to June moving forward.
B.       The estimated annual spend is estimated at approximately $600,000, and
may only be exceeded by obtaining prior written email-consent from the Port Fire Chief
and/or the on-duty Battalion Chief. PSRFA will notify the Port Fire Chief prior to
exceeding $400,000 in annual spending. 
4. The extensions described in Section 9 may be exercised by the Executive Director for
the Port of Seattle by written notice without further approvals. 
5. Except as expressly modified herein, all other terms of the original Agreement as
amended previously, together with all exhibits, are hereby ratified and shall remain in full
force and effect, unaltered by this Fifth Amendment. 
WHEREFORE, the parties have executed this Fifth Amendment to the Agreement
as of the day and year identified below. 
Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority                          Port of Seattle 

Matthew Morris, Fire Chief                        Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director 
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Puget Sound Regional Fire ILA Fifth Amendment  2021 Extension