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9. RECORDS
<br />Consultant shall keep records and invoices in connection with the work to be performed under this
<br />Agreement. Consultant shall maintain complete and accurate records with respect to the costs incurred
<br />under this Agreement and any services, expenditures, and disbursements charged to the City for a minimum
<br />period of three (3) years, or for any longer period required by law, from the date of final payment to
<br />Consultant under this Agreement. All such records and invoices shall be clearly identifiable. Consultant
<br />shall allow a representative of the City to examine, audit, and make transcripts or copies of such records
<br />and any other documents created pursuant to this Agreement during regular business hours. Consultant
<br />shall allow inspection of all work, data, documents, proceedings, and activities related to this Agreement
<br />for a period of three (3) years from the date of final payment to Consultant under this Agreement.
<br />10. CONFIDENTIALITY
<br />If Consultant receives from the City information which due to the nature of such information is
<br />reasonably understood to be confidential and/or proprietary, Consultant agrees that it shall not use or
<br />disclose such information except in the performance of this Agreement, and further agrees to exercise the
<br />same degree of care it uses to protect its own information of like importance, but in no event less than
<br />reasonable care. "Confidential Information" shall include all non-public information. Confidential
<br />information includes not only written information, but also information transferred orally, visually,
<br />electronically, or by other means. Confidential information disclosed to either party by any subsidiary
<br />and/or agent of the other party is covered by this Agreement. The foregoing obligations of non-use and
<br />nondisclosure shall not apply to any information that (a) has been disclosed in publicly available sources;
<br />(b) is, through no fault of the Consultant disclosed in a publicly available source; (c) is in rightful possession
<br />of the Consultant without an obligation of confidentiality; (d) is required to be disclosed by operation of
<br />law; or (e) is independently developed by the Consultant without reference to information disclosed by the
<br />City.
<br />11. CONFLICT OF INTEREST CLAUSE
<br />Consultant covenants that it presently has no interests and shall not have interests, direct or indirect,
<br />which would conflict in any manner with performance of services specified under this Agreement.
<br />12. NON-DISCRIMINATION
<br />Consultant shall not discriminate because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, marital status, sexual
<br />orientation, gender identity, gender expression, gender, medical conditions, genetic information, or
<br />military and veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, or disability, as defined and prohibited by
<br />applicable law, in the recruitment, selection, teaching, training, utilization, promotion, termination or
<br />other employment related activities or any services provided under this Agreement. Consultant affirms
<br />that it is an equal opportunity employer and shall comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws
<br />and regulations.
<br />13. EXCLUSIVITY AND AMENDMENT
<br />This Agreement represents the complete and exclusive statement between the City and Consultant,
<br />and supersedes any and all other agreements, oral or written, between the parties. In the event of a conflict
<br />between the terms of this Agreement and any attachments hereto, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.
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