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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, <br />unemployment insurance and similar taxes relating to employees and shall be <br />responsible for all applicable withholding taxes. <br />51 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, <br />employees, agents, volunteers and representatives as additional <br />insured(s) and shall include, but not be limited to protection against <br />claims arising from bodily and personal injury, including death resulting <br />therefrom and damage to property, resulting from any act or occurrence <br />arising out of Consultant's operations In the performance of this <br />Agreement, Including, without limitation, acts involving vehicles. The <br />amounts of insurance shall be not less than the following: single limit <br />coverage applying to bodily and personal injury, including death resulting <br />therefrom, and property damage, in the total amount of $1,000,000 per <br />occurrence, with $2,000,000 in the aggregate. Consultant shall supply <br />City with a fully executed additional insured endorsement in substantially <br />the form attached hereto as Exhibit B upon execution of this Agreement. <br />b. Business automobile liability Insurance, or equivalent form, with a <br />combined single limit of not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence. Such <br />Insurance shall include coverage for owned, hired and non -owned <br />automobiles. <br />c. Worker's Compensation Insurance. In accordance with the provisions of <br />Section 3700 of the Labor Code, Consultant, if Consultant has any <br />employees, Is required to be insured against liability for worker's <br />compensation or to undertake self - insurance. Prior to commencing the <br />performance of the work under this Agreement, Consultant agrees to <br />obtain and maintain any employer's liability insurance with limits not less <br />than $1,000,000 per accident. <br />d. The following requirements apply to the insurance to be provided by <br />Consultant pursuant to this section: <br />25D -10 <br />