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required for compliance with State of California jurisdiction business rules - in all cases, AON <br />shall provide compliance updates no later than ninety (90) days prior to the effective date of the <br />legislation of regulation. Upon adequate notice of revised regulatory provisions, AON shall <br />indemnify City for all fines and/or penalties imposed by State or Federal regulatory authority for <br />delayed implementation of regulatory provisions. <br />AON shall provide all patches necessary to be compliant with annual benefit rate changes no <br />later than 90 days prior to the effective date of the rate change. Said patches include 1094 <br />patches required for Federal reporting and California annual report data elements. <br />Consultant shall provide services at the level as set forth in the AON Service Level Agreement, <br />attached hereto as Exhibit H and incorporated herein by reference. <br />1 COMPENSATION <br />a. City agrees to pay, and Consultant agrees to accept as total payment for its services, <br />the rates and charges identified in the Renewal Information sheet, attached hereto as Exhibit A <br />and incorporated herein by reference. The total sum to be expended under this Agreement shall <br />not exceed $55,000.00 per year during the initial term of this Agreement. It is hereby agreed that <br />the compensation rate for this Maintenance Agreement during any extension period shall either <br />be the same as the current year's rate or at an increase not to exceed the Consumer Price Index <br />(CPI) Los Angeles — Riverside -- Orange County area, <br />b. Payment by City shall be made within thirty (30) days following receipt of proper <br />invoice evidencing work performed, subject to City accounting procedures, Payment need not <br />be made for work which fails to meet the standards ofperformance set forth in the Recitals <br />which may reasonably be expected by City. <br />3. TERM <br />This Agreement shall commence on October 1, 2014 and terminate on September 30, <br />2016, unless terminated earlier in accordance with Section 12, below, The term of this <br />Agreement may be extended far up to three (3) one -year periods upon a writing executed by the <br />City Manager and the City Attorney at the fee as set forth in Section 2, hereof. <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 />25K -4 <br />