COMMONWEALTH LAND TITLE CO. 2-2015

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be made for work which fails to meet the standards of performance of a professional Title Insurance Company. 3. TERM This Agreement shall commence on the date first written above and terminate on March 31, 2018, unless terminated earlier in accordance with Section 12, below. The term of this Agreement may be extended upon a writing executed by the City Manager and the City Attorney for two additional one-year terms. 4. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR Consultant shall, during the entire term of this Agreement, be construed to be an independent contractor and not an employee of the City. This Agreement is not intended nor shall it be construed to create an employer-employee relationship, a joint venture relationship, or to allow the City to exercise discretion or control over the professional manner in which Consultant performs the services which are the subject matter of this Agreement; however, the services to be provided by Consultant shall be provided in a manner consistent with all applicable standards and regulations governing such services. Consultant shall pay all salaries and wages, employer's social security taxes, unemployment insurance and similar taxes relating to employees and shall be responsible for all applicable withholding taxes. 5. INSURANCE Prior to undertaking performance of work under this Agreement, Consultant shall maintain and shall require its subcontractors, if any, to obtain and maintain insurance as described below: a. Commercial General Liability Insurance. Consultant shall maintain commercial general liability insurance naming the City, its officers, employees, agents, volunteers and representatives as additional insured(s) and shall include, but not be limited to protection against claims arising from bodily and personal injury, including death resulting therefrom and damage to property, resulting from acts or occurrence arising out of Consultant's performance of this Agreement. The amounts of insurance shall be not less than the following: single limit coverage applying to bodily and personal injury, including death resulting therefrom, and property damage, in the total amount of $1,000,000 per occurrence, $2,000,000 in the aggregate. Consultant shall supply City with a fully executed additional insured endorsement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C. Upon execution of this Agreement, Consultant shall supply City with a fully executed additional insured endorsement naming the City, its officers, employees, agents, volunteers and representatives as additional insureds. b. Business automobile liability insurance, or equivalent form, with a combined single limit of not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence. Such insurance shall include coverage for owned, hired and non -owned automobiles.