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<br />URBAN FORESTRY SERVICES AGREEMENT 1
<br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
<br />INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT
<br />THIS AGREEMENT is made on the 24th day of May, 2010, between the CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
<br />(“City”), a Minnesota municipal corporation, whose business address is 2401 Highway 10, Mounds View,
<br />MN 55112, and RICK WRISKEY (“Contractor”) whose address is 6218 Glen Circle, Lino Lakes, MN
<br />55014.
<br />THE CITY AND CONTRACTOR AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
<br />1. Independent Contractor. The City hereby retains the Contractor as an independent contractor upon the
<br />terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The Contractor is an independent contractor and not
<br />an employee of the City. The Contractor is free to contract with other entities as provided herein. The
<br />Contractor shall be responsible for selecting the means and methods of performing the work. The City
<br />will furnish any and all vehicles, supplies, tools, equipment, materials, and incidentals necessary for the
<br />Contractor’s performance under this Agreement. The Contractor shall be exclusively responsible under
<br />this Agreement for the Contractor’s own FICA payments, workers’ compensation insurance,
<br />unemployment compensation insurance, withholding amounts, or self-employment taxes if any such
<br />payments, amounts, or taxes are required to be paid by law or regulation.
<br />2. Contractor’s Services. The Contractor agrees to provide Urban Forestry Services for the City as
<br />described on the attached Exhibit A. The Contractor shall, in the execution of the services, conform to
<br />all applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, ordinances, and regulations.
<br />3. Compensation for Services. The City agrees to pay the Contractor for the services for $45 per hour.
<br />The Contractor shall submit to the City, on a monthly basis, itemized bills for the services performed
<br />under this Agreement. Bills submitted shall be paid in the same manner as other claims made to the
<br />City.
<br />4. Termination. Either party, without cause, may terminate this Agreement by seven days’ written notice
<br />delivered to the other party at the address written above. After termination, the City shall have no
<br />further obligation to the Contractor except to compensate the Contractor for services performed prior to
<br />the date of the notice of termination.
<br />5. Subcontractors. The Contractor shall not enter into subcontracts for services provided under this
<br />Agreement without the express written consent of the City.
<br />6. Assignment. Neither party shall assign this Agreement, or any interest arising herein, without the
<br />written consent of the other party.
<br />7. Indemnification. The City agrees to defend, indemnify and hold the Contractor harmless from any
<br />liability, claims, damages, costs, judgments, or expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, resulting
<br />directly or indirectly from an act or omission (including without limitation professional errors or
<br />omissions) of the Contractor in the performance of the services provided by this Agreement.
<br />8. Workers’ Compensation Insurance. The Contractor shall have workers’ compensation insurance
<br />coverage that meets the requirements of Minnesota law. The Contractor shall execute the form attached
<br />hereto prior to commencing work under this Agreement.
<br />9. Records Access. The Contractor shall provide the City access to any books, documents, papers, and
<br />records which are directly pertinent to the Agreement, for the purpose of making audit, examination,
<br />excerpts, and transcriptions, for three years after final payments and all other pending matters related to
<br />this Agreement are closed.
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