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8. AUDIT. Pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 16B.06, Subd. 4, the Municipality shall allow the County
<br />or other persons or agencies authorized by the County, and the State of Minnesota, including the
<br />Legislative Auditor or the State Auditor, access to the records of the Municipality at reasonable
<br />hours, including all books, records, documents, and accounting procedures and practices of the
<br />Municipality relevant to the subject matter of the Agreement, for purposes of audit. In addition,
<br />the County shall have access to the project site(s), if any, at reasonable hours.
<br />9. GENERAL PROVISIONS
<br />A. In performing the provisions of this Agreement, both parties agree to comply with all
<br />applicable federal, state or local laws, ordinances, rules, regulations or standards
<br />established by any agency or special governmental unit which are now or hereafter
<br />promulgated insofar as they relate to performance of the provisions of this Agreement.
<br />In addition, the Municipality shall comply with all applicable requirements of the State
<br />of Minnesota for the use of SCORE funds provided to the Municipality by the County
<br />under this Agreement.
<br />B. No person shall illegally, on the grounds of race, creed, color, religion, sex, marital
<br />status, public assistance status, sexual preference, handicap, age or national origin, be
<br />excluded from full employment rights in, participation in, be denied the benefits of, or
<br />be otherwise subjected to unlawful discrimination under any program, service or activity
<br />hereunder. The Municipality agrees to take affirmative action so that applicants and
<br />employees are treated equally with respect to the following: employment, upgrading,
<br />demotion, transfer, recruitment, layoff, termination, selection for training, rates of pay,
<br />and other forms of compensation.
<br />C. The Municipality shall be responsible for the performance of all subcontracts and shall
<br />ensure that the subcontractors perform fully the terms of the subcontract. The Agreement
<br />between the Municipality and a subcontractor shall obligate the subcontractor to comply
<br />fully with the terms of this Agreement.
<br />D. The Municipality agrees that the Municipality's employees and subcontractor's employees
<br />who fall within any job classification established and published by the Minnesota
<br />Department of Labor & Industry shall be paid, at a minimum, the prevailing wages rates
<br />as certified by said Department. Each Municipality and subcontractor performing work
<br />on a public project shall post on the project the applicable prevailing wage rates and
<br />hourly basic rates of pay for the County or area within which the project is being
<br />performed, including the effective date of any changes thereof, in at least one
<br />conspicuous place for the information of the employees working on the project. The
<br />information so posted shall include a breakdown of contributions for health and welfare
<br />benefits, vacation benefits, pension benefits and any other economic benefit required to
<br />be paid.
<br />E. It is understood and agreed that the entire Agreement is contained herein and that this
<br />Agreement supersedes all oral and written agreements and negotiations between the
<br />parties relating to the subject matter hereof.
<br />F. Any amendments, alterations, variations, modifications, or waivers of this Agreement
<br />shall be valid only when they have been reduced to writing, duly signed by the parties.
<br />G. Contracts let and purchases made under this Agreement shall be made by the
<br />Municipality in conformance with all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the
<br />Municipality.
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