SIGNED FINAL 7-5-2022_ SSM_MOU-Emergency Vaccine Storage

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT FOR FACILITY USE DURING EMERGENCY OCCURRENCES

Sauk County Health Department St. Clare Hospital

This MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT FOR FACILITY USE DURING EMERGENCY

OCCURRENCES is effective May 20, 2022 (“Effective Date”) by and between SSM Health Care of Wisconsin, Inc., a Missouri nonprofit corporation, doing business as St. Clare Hospital ("SSM") and Sauk County Health Department, a Wisconsin governmental agency ("SCHD").

WHEREAS, SSM owns and operates an acute care facility in Sauk County, Wisconsin, and both parties desire to locate alternate facilities for use in the event of emergencies rendering SCHD’s facility unavailable; and,

WHEREAS, SSM possesses space that could be utilized by SCHD in the event of an occurrence rendering SCHD unavailable; and

WHEREAS, SSM desires to assist SCHD by providing space at its facilities for refrigerated and frozen storage for SCHD’s vaccine supply in the event of a power failure on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

THEREFORE, it is understood and agreed upon by the parties hereto as follows:

1. Purpose.

SSM will use commercially reasonable efforts, subject to any conflicting requirements of its own, to provide the limited use of its facilities to SCHD at no charge, with the exception of reasonable expenses described in Section 4.5 of this Agreement, in the event that the power is lost in the West Square Building, located at 505 Broadway, Baraboo, WI 53913, where the vaccines are currently being stored, such that SCHD’s facilities are rendered unavailable for vaccine storage. The West Square Building has access to a back-up power source, which can power the facility for two to three days. SSM will act as a second backup source in the event the power outage lasts longer than two days