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04 <br />Page 3 <br />SERVICE AGREEMENT <br />IV. AUDITS AND PROCEDURES: As required the Contractor will allow on- <br />site reviews, audits, and inspections by County /City, State, or Federal staff <br />and comply with their procedural requirements. Any deviations from Federal <br />or State guidelines and procedures by either Contractor or County /City must <br />have both the State office and FNS PRIOR approval. <br />V. DEFAULT AND TERMINATION: <br />(a) Upon default by County /City, Contractor shall determine and <br />receive from County /City the sum due for services rendered. <br />In the event Contractor shall be required to institute a suit <br />to collect any unpaid service payments due under this service <br />agreement, Contractor shall be entitled to reasonable attorney's <br />fees set by the Court which shall not be more than 15 per cent <br />of the service payments so recovered by the Contractor from <br />County /City. <br />(b) Upon default by Contractor, County /City shall be entitled to <br />immediate termination of this agreement and, further, to <br />liquidated damages in an amount equal to the sum of service <br />payments made by County /City to Contractor for the first month <br />of service rendered under this agreement. County /city, however, <br />is not limited to the amount of liquidated damages if the County/ <br />City suffers damages in excess of the amount of liquidated <br />damages determined as herein set forth. In the event County/ <br />City shall be required to institute a suit to collect any <br />damages for any amounts due under this agreement, County/ <br />City shall be entitled to reasonable attorney's fees set <br />by the Court which shall not be more than 15 per cent of <br />any amount recovered by County /City from Contractor. <br />(c) Either party may terminate this agreement by giving to the <br />other party hereto a written notice of its intention to terminate <br />this agreement. This agreement shall be considered terminated <br />upon the date set forth for termination of the agreement which <br />shall be not less than 60 days from the service and delivery <br />of the notice. The parties hereto may agree to an earlier date <br />of termination of the agreement. Contract may be terminated <br />because of circumstances beyond control of Contractor - such <br />as war, strikes, riot and /or natural disaster. <br />VI. SPECIAL PROVISIONS: <br />(a) It is understood and agreed between the Contractor and the <br />County /City that the payment of compensation specified in <br />this agreement, its continuation or any renewal or extension <br />thereof, is dependent upon and subject to the allocation or <br />appropriation of necessary funds to the County /City by the <br />Federal Goverrunent and the State of N.C. for the <br />purposes set forth in this agreement. <br />