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6. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR All work performed by the County pursuant to this Agreement shall be performed by the County as an independent contractor and not as an agent or employee of the City. The County shall furnish, employ, and have exclusive control of all persons (including, but not limited to volunteers)to be engaged in performing the County's obligations under this Agreement (collectively, the "County Personnel")and shall prescribe and control the means and methods of performing such obligations by providing adequate and proper supervision. The County Personnel shall for all purposes be solely the employees, agents or volunteers of the County and shall not be deemed to be employees or agents of the City for any purpose whatsoever. With respect to the County Personnel,the County shall be solely responsible for compliance with all rules, laws, and regulations relating to employment of labor, hours of labor, working conditions, payment of wages and payment of taxes, such as employment, Social Security, and other payroll taxes including applicable contributions from the County Personnel when required by law. 7. TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE This Agreement may be terminated by either party for any reason or for no reason, by giving thirty (30) days advance written notice of termination to the other party. Any termination notice delivered pursuant to this Section 7 shall specify the date on which the Agreement will terminate. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 7,the County shall continue performing Services through the date of termination. The City shall compensate the County for all Services performed by the County through the date of termination on a pro-rated basis. The City's obligation to make such final payment to the County shall survive the termination of this Agreement. 8. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS The City and the County shall at all times exercise their rights and perform their respective obligations under this Agreement in full compliance with all applicable laws, ordinances, rules and regulations of any public authority having jurisdiction. 9. INDEMNIFICATION Each party to this Agreement shall indemnify, defend and hold the other party and its agents, employees and contractors harmless from and against any and all costs, liabilities, suits, losses, damages, claims, expenses, penalties or charges, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements, that the other party may incur or pay out by reason of: (i) any accidents, damages or injuries to persons or property occurring during the Term of this Agreement, but only to the extent the same are caused by any negligent or wrongful act of the indemnifying party; or(ii)any breach or Default (as such term is defined in Section 10 below) of the indemnifying party under this Agreement. The provisions of this Section 9 shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement. 10. DEFAULT AND REMEDIES If either party to this Agreement fails to perform any act or obligation required to be performed by it hereunder,the party to whom such performance was due shall deliver written notice of such failure to the non-performing party. The non-performing party shall have thirty(30) days after its receipt of such notice in which to correct its failure to perform the act or obligation at issue, after which time it shall be in default ("Default") under this Agreement; provided, however, that if the non-performance is of a type that could not reasonably be cured within said thirty (30) day period, then the non- performing party shall not be in Default if it commences cure within said thirty (30) day period and AGREEMENT FOR LAKE MANAGEMENT pg.5 AND WATER QUALITY SERVICES