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thirty (30) days before the end of the current fiscal period, and contract shall terminate on the last <br />day of current fiscal period without penalty or expense to the City. <br />5. TERM <br />This Agreement shall commence on July 1, 2015 and terminate on June 30, 2016, unless <br />earlier terminated as set forth in Section 14, below. City is granted an option to renew for an <br />additional one -year period. Said option shall be exercised in writing at least thirty (30) days <br />prior to the end of the initial term upon a writing executed by the City Manager and the City <br />Attorney. <br />6. 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 <br />and wages, employer's social security taxes, unemployment insurance and similar taxes relating to <br />its employees and shall be responsible for all applicable withholding taxes. <br />7. 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 commercial <br />general liability insurance naming the City, its officers, employees, agents, volunteers and <br />representatives as additional insured(s) and shall include, but not be limited to protection against <br />claims arising from bodily and personal injury, including death resulting therefrom and damage <br />to property, resulting from any act or occurrence arising out of Consultant's operations in the <br />performance of this Agreement, including, without limitation, acts involving vehicles. The <br />amounts of insurance shall be not less than the following: single limit coverage applying to <br />bodily and personal injury, including death resulting therefrom, and property damage, in the total <br />amount of $1,000,000 per occurrence, $2,000,000 in the aggregate. Such insurance shall (a) <br />name the City, its officers, employees, agents, volunteers and representatives as additional <br />insured(s); (b) be primary and not contributory with respect to insurance or self - insurance <br />programs maintained by the City; and (c) contain standard separation of insureds provisions. <br />b. Business automobile liability insurance, or equivalent form, with a combined single <br />limit of not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence. Such insurance shall include coverage for <br />owned, hired and non -owned automobiles. <br />