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3. TERM <br />This Agreement shall commence on the date first written above for a three (3) year Term <br />with termination date of December 31, 2016, unless terminated earlier in accordance with <br />Section 12, below. This Term of this Agreement may be extended by a writing executed by the <br />City Manager and the City Attorney. <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 nor <br />shall it be construed to create an employer - employee relationship, a joint venture relationship, or <br />to allow the City to exercise discretion or control over the professional manner in which <br />Consultant performs the services which are the subject matter of this Agreement; however, the <br />services to be provided by Consultant shall be provided in a manner consistent with all <br />applicable standards and regulations governing such services. Consultant shall pay all salaries and <br />wages, employer's social security taxes, unemployment insurance and similar taxes relating to <br />employees and shall be responsible for all applicable withholding taxes. <br />5. INSURANCE <br />Due to the nature of the services provided, no insurance shall be required. <br />6. INDEMNIFICATION <br />Consultant agrees to and shall indemnify and hold harmless the City, its officers, agents, <br />employees, consultants, special counsel, and representatives from liability for personal injury, <br />damages, just compensation, restitution, judicial or equitable relief arising out of claims for <br />personal injury, including health, and claims for property damage, which may arise from the <br />direct or indirect operations of the Consultant or its contractors, subcontractors, agents, <br />employees, or other persons acting on their behalf which relates to the services described in <br />section 1 of this Agreement. <br />7. CONFIDENTIALITY <br />If Consultant receives from the City information which due to the nature of such <br />information is reasonably understood to be confidential and /or proprietary, Consultant agrees <br />that it shall not use or disclose such information except in the performance of this Agreement, <br />and further agrees to exercise the same degree of care it uses to protect its own information of <br />like importance, but in no event less than reasonable care. "Confidential Information" shall <br />include all nonpublic information. Confidential information includes not only written <br />information, but also information transferred orally, visually, electronically, or by other means. <br />Confidential information disclosed to either party by any subsidiary and /or agent of the other <br />party is covered by this Agreement. The foregoing obligations of non -use and nondisclosure <br />shall not apply to any information that (a) has been disclosed in publicly available sources; (b) is, <br />through no fault of the Consultant disclosed in a publicly available source; (c) is in rightfiil <br />