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AGREENfENT This Agreement is entered into by and between the Virginia Employment Commission, herein referred to .as the VEC, and the City ofMartinsville (WA17), herein referred to as the local Workforce Area, or WA. This agreement applies to funds that are allotted by the VEC to the WA specifically to plan for the implementation of the WorkforCe Investment Act (WIA) in Virginia. These WIA planning funds are allotted from funds made available to the Governor of Virginia pursuant to the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) as specified in Public Law 105-220, Sec. 506(d). The attached Notice of Award CNOA), of which this Agreement is a pan, specifically allots funding for WIA planning. These planning funds are to be used for an orderly implementation oFWIA and are not to be used for new equipment, existing JTPA programs, JTPA closeout, WIA ongoing programs, or other expenditures not directly related to WIA planning. WIA planning activities include staff time, travel, training, supplies, printing, meeting facilities, consultant services, and related expenditures. These transition funds may be excluded from calculations of compliance with JTPA cost limitations. The WA agrees to receive, administer, disburse and account for these funds in accordance with this agreement, the terms of the JTPA, and the direction of the U.S. Department of Labor. The WA is solely responsible for all contracts for goods and/or services which it procures as a result of this agreement. Also, the WA is solely responsible for any torts committed by it or its employees or agents in connection with this agreement. The WA shall provide the VEC with a proper accounting and documentation supporting expenditures funded by this agreement. Planning expenditures must be obligated by June 30, 2000, and expended by December 31, 2000, along with a proper accounting and closeout. In accordance with 20 CFR 627.702(e), the WA shall be accountable for misexpenditure of these funds. Any required repayment shatl not be by or from federal funds, the Commonwealth of Virginia, or the VEC. However, any reimbursement for disallowed or improper expenditures by the WA is limited to amounts required to be reimbursed to the federal government, up to the total amount of this NOA. Pursuant to the agreement between the U.S. Secretary of Labor and the Governor of Virginia, the VEC reserves the right to interpret the requirements of the JTPA and all implementing regulations. This Agreement is not assignable, in whole or in part, by the WA without the written consent of the VEC. The WA shall abide by and ensure that all activities conducted pursuant to the Agreement comply with all applicable federal, state and local taws, acts, regulations and directives. These include the following: Section 89 of the Internal Revenue Code. · Titles VI, VII and IX of the Civil Rights act of 1964 (PL 88-352) and the regulations issued pursuant thereto. · Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. 794). · Virginia Public Procurement act, Title 11, Chapter 7 (Section 11.35 et seq.).