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2. Trained Personnel: Contractor employees shall be supervised by personnel qualified to perform the work required by the Contract in order to provide immediate and prompt service as ordered and requested by the City. The Contractor shall assume any and all responsibility for the conduct of its employees. The Contractor guarantees that all of the employees performing under this contract will be adequately trained in their profession, will respond promptly to all calls, will provide safe and adequate equipment (as herein specified), be clean and neat in appearance, use language free of profanity, and treat members of the public courteously at all times. 3. Subcontractors: Where two or more Contractors desire to submit a single proposal, the submission should be on a contractor/sub-contractor basis rather than as a joint venture. For this engagement, the City intends to contract with an individual contractor and not with multiple contractors doing business as a joint venture. If a sub -contractor is to be used, that fact must be disclosed in the proposal, together with the name of each sub -contractor and its duties in relation to the scope of work. The sub- contractor shall be subject to the same contract requirements as the Contractor. 4. Loss or Damage to Abated Property: The Contractor will be solely responsible for loss or damage to the personal property removed from the site ("Abated Property") from the time direction is given by the City turning the Abated Property over to the Contractor and until such time as the Abated Property is legally released to its owner or otherwise disposed of at the direction of the City. The site of the abatement will be returned to its original condition or grade by the Contractor. The cost of any site grading to bring the site to its original condition will be reimbursed to the Contractor at the rate provided on attached Sheet A. 5. Recordkeeping: The Contractor shall maintain proper records of all Abated property received. The record keeping system shall meet the approval of the Ramsey Chief of Police and records are to be available at all times for inspection by authorized City officials. All contents of such reports shall meet the approval of the Ramsey Chief of Police. (A detailed inventory list to be submitted with invoice if applicable). 6. Billing: The Contractor shall bill the City for all charges relating to contracted abatements within ten (10) days of completion of the abatement. The Contractor may bill the City for any pre -abatement briefings as required; however, site inspections by the Contractor will be at no cost to the City. 7 Scheduling: Abatements will be scheduled within five (5) business days of notification of an abatement request by the City. An extension may be given, when agreed to by both parties, for circumstances out of the control of the Contractor, such as inclement weather. There will be no cost to the 3