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execution of a written agreement. The parties may agree to renegotiate compensation <br />prior to each annual renewal. <br />4. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR <br />Consultant shall, during the entire term of this Agreement, be construed to be an <br />independent contractor and not an employee of the City. This Agreement is not intended <br />nor shall it be construed to create an employer-employee relationship, a joint venture <br />relationship, or to allow the City to exercise discretion or control over the professional <br />manner in which Consultant performs the services which are the subject matter of this <br />Agreement; however, the services to be provided by Consultant shall be provided in a <br />manner consistent with all applicable standards and regulations governing such services. <br />Consultant shall pay all salaries and wages, employer's social security taxes, unemployment <br />insurance and similar taxes relating to employees and shall be responsible for all applicable <br />withholding taxes. <br />5. INSURANCE <br />Prior to undertaking performance of work under this Agreement, Consultant shall <br />maintain and shall require its subcontractors, if any, to obtain and maintain insurance as <br />described below: <br />a. Commercial General Liability Insurance. Consultant shall maintain <br />commercial general liability insurance naming the City, its officers, agents, volunteers, <br />and employees as additional insured(s) and shall include, but not be limited to protection <br />against claims arising from bodily and personal injury, including death resulting <br />therefrom and damage to property, resulting from any act or occurrence arising out of <br />Consultant's operations in the performance of this Agreement, including, without <br />limitation, acts involving vehicles. The amounts of insurance shall be not less than the <br />following: single limit coverage applying to bodily and personal injury, including death <br />resulting therefrom, and property damage, in the total amount of $1,000,000 per <br />occurrence. Consultant shall supply City with a fully executed additional insured <br />endorsement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit F upon execution of this <br />Agreement and shall be approved in form by the City Attorney. <br />b. Business automobile liability insurance, or equivalent form, with a combined <br />single limit of not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence. Such insurance shall include <br />coverage for owned, hired and non -owned automobiles. <br />c. Worker's Compensation Insurance. In accordance with the provisions of <br />Section 3300 of the Labor Code, Consultant, if Consultant has any employees, is required <br />to be insured against liability for worker's compensation or to undertake self-insurance. <br />Prior to commencing the performance of the work under this Agreement, Consultant <br />agrees to obtain and maintain any employer's liability insurance with limits not less than <br />$1,000,000 per accident. <br />