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11 <br />recycling services County may negotiate with Contractor and receive a reduction in cast of services <br />for services which were not rendered. In general, if services are temporarily canceled at County's <br />request, County will pay in full for services which aze not performed, and in such case County may <br />request that Contractor provide said services on a make-up day at no further cost to County. If <br />Contractor is unable to provide service due to severe weather or other event, County may negotiate <br />with Contractor and receive reduction in the cost of services, to be deducted from the bill for the <br />period during which services were not provided, or from a bill for any service period following that <br />service period. Any reduction in the costs of services shall be based upon the pro-rata share of <br />services not rendered minus Contractor's verifiable overhead expenses plus any verifiable increased <br />expenses (i.e. overtime costs incurred by Contractor due to excessive amounts of recyclables <br />having been held over during period of cancellation). <br />SECTION 17 <br />Protection of Re clable Materials <br />County agrees to take such steps as may be reasonably necessary to protect Contractor's ownership <br />of all Recyclable Materials placed at the recycling containers for collection by Contractor under the <br />terms of this Agreement and shall consider adopting anti-scavenging ordinances, if necessary, to <br />provide such protection. <br />SECTION 18 <br />Permits and Licenses <br />Contractor, at its sole cost and expense, shall maintain throughout the term of this Agreement all <br />permits, licenses and approvals necessary or required for Contractor to perform the work and <br />services described herein, including but not limited to the collection of Recyclable Materials and <br />operation of the Processing Center. <br />SECTION 19 <br />Independent Contractor <br />Contractor shall perform all work and services described herein as an independent contractor and <br />not as an officer, agent, servant or employee of County. Contractor shall have exclusive control of <br />and the exclusive right to control the details of the services and work performed hereunder and all <br />persons performing the same and nothing herein shall be constructed as creating a partnership or <br />joint venture between County and Contractor. No person performing any of the work or services <br />described hereunder shall be considered an officer, agent, servant or employee of County, and no <br />such person shall be entitled to any benefits available or granted to employees of County. <br />SECTION 20 <br />Non-Assignment <br />Neither Contractor nor County shall assign, transfer, convey, or otherwise hypothecate this <br />Agreement or their rights, duties or obligations hereunder or any part thereof without the prior <br />written consent of the other. <br />~n <br />