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If the Contractor moves an operations facility during the term of the agreement, it shall be responsible at its cost for the transfer, installation, and set.up of the described equipment in the new facility, including the installation of a T .1 line if one was installed in the previous operations facility. The City will provide maintenance support, at its cost, for all the described equipment. The operations facility must be located in the seven county metropolitan area. The Contractor must provide for preventive maintenance on each TRiM unit installed by the Council in each of the vehicles provided to the Contractor by the Council under this agreement. Such preventative maintenance shall be carried out by arranging with the Council's Metro Transit Farebox Repair Facility for an exchange of the installed TRiM unit with a new or refurbished unit to be furnished by the repair facility. The cost of the exchange and any parts needed to repair or refurbish the unit turned in by the Contractor in the exchange shall be the responsibility of the Contractor. The Council's Metro Transit division shall invoice the Contractor for such cost and the Contractor shall make payment within 30 calendar days from receipt of the invoice. The Contractor shall carry out a preventative maintenance exchange of each TRiM unit in each vehicle not less than once each Contract Year and at intervals of approximately 12 months. The preventative maintenance exchange for each TRiM unit on each vehicle shall be carried out at a time mutually agreed on between the Contractor and the Metro Transit Farebox Repair Facility. d. Contractor Fare Collection Policies and Procedures. The Contractor must implement operations procedures that ensure the collection of accurate revenue and ridership data. This includes, without limitation, implementing a reasonable GFI probing schedule, implementing procedures that ensure Go. To card network communications, and ensuring proper driver logins. The Contractor shall also establish cash handling policies and procedures to prevent theft or other fraudulent activities with respect to the collection of passenger fares. e. Failure to Collect Fares Due. If the Contractor collects less than the total amount of fares due in accordance with the Metropolitan Council's Fare Policy for all service provided by the Contractor during each calendar month, the City shall reduce its payment for Contractor's services under this agreement. The reduction in City payment for such services shall be equal to the difference between (a) such total amount of fares due, and (b) the amount actually collected by the Contractor for all such service. The reduction in payment may be recovered by the City either through an offset against amounts owed to the Contractor by the City under this agreement or through an overpayment refund by Contractor in accordance with the provisions of section 7.04. o 2.05 Accounting for Operating Revenue. The Contractor shall thoroughly and accurately account for all Operating Revenue on a calendar monthly basis. The monthly accounting shall show the date all such revenue was received and type and kind of service from which the revenue was derived. All accounting shall be in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Contractor shall retain all Operating Revenue subject, however, to the deduction from any amounts due to the Contractor from the City as provided for in section 7.01. 7