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Memorandum of Understanding WHEREAS, the State of North Dakota, acting through its Division of Emergency Management (DEM), has granted funds to Cass County (COUNTY) to develop and conduct a National Incident Management System (NIMS) Training Course for delivery to representatives from state, local, and tribal governments and the private sector and nongovernmental organizations that have a role in disaster response and recovery. WHEREAS, the North Dakota Association of Counties (NDACo) and the North Dakota League of Cities (NDLC) have together successfully developed and conducted similar statewide training, using the Institute for Local Government (ILO), which was incorporated as a not-for-profit entity specifically for the delivery of training and education to local government officials and employees, and; WHEREAS the COUNTY is willing to employ the organizational resources of ILG to assist the COUNTY and DEM in this effort; and; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of this mutual agreement, the COUNTY, NDACo, NDLC and ILG agree to enter into this contract for services as set out in this memorandum of understanding. 1. The COUNTY will serve as a recipient of a grant in the amount of $200,000.00 from the North Dakota Division of Emergency Management for the purpose of developing and conducting a NIMS training course throughout the State of North Dakota. 2. The COUNTY agrees to transfer the grant funds to ILG for the purpose of meeting all of the grant requirements established by DEM. 3. ILO will use these funds to develop a training course that will explain NIMS and describe its purpose, principles, key components and benefits. The course will be interactive, including an exercise activity that will help the course participant understand NIMS concepts. The course length will be dependent on course design in meeting the learning criteria. 4. ILG will submit the course to DEM for review and DEM will in turn submit the course to the Office of Domestic Preparedness for approval. ILO understands that modifications to the course may be necessary to attain full approval status. 5. ILG will deliver the NIMS training course to representatives from state, local, and tribal governments and the private sector and nongovernmental organizations that have a role in disaster response and recovery. All response disciplines including emergency management, elected and appointed officials, fire, law enforcement, public works, emergency medical, public health, hospitals, and others will be included in the training. 6. ILO will conduct and solicit evaluations for each course offering, the results of which will be submitted to DEM. Course adjustments may be necessary based on the evaluations.