09-28-15 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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Contract # access to all the governmental records that are directly applicable to this agreement for the purpose of making audits, examinations, excerpts, and transcriptions. The Contractor further agrees to include in all its subcontracts permitted pursuant to Article 12 hereof, a provision to the effect that the subcontractor agrees that H-GAC and its duly authorized representatives shall, until the expiration of four (4) years after final payment under the subcontract or until all audit findings have been resolved, have access to and the right to examine and copy any directly pertinent books, documents, papers, invoices and records of such subcontractor involving transactions relating to the subcontract. ARTICLE 15 RETENTION OF RECORDS The Contractor shall maintain all records pertinent to this Agreement, including but not limited to those records enumerated in Article 14, and all other financial, statistical, property, participant records, and supporting documentation for a period of no less than four (4) calendar years from the later of the date of acceptance of the final contract closeout or the date of the final audit required under Article 13 of this Agreement. If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit or other action involving the records has been started before the expiration of the retention period, the records shall be retained until completion of the action and resolution of all issues which arise from it, or until the end of the regular four (4) year period, whichever is later. ARTICLE 16 CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS Any alterations, additions, or deletions to the terms of this Agreement which are required by changes in federal law or regulations are automatically incorporated into this Agreement without written amendment hereto, and shall become effective on the date designated by such law or regulation; provided if the Contractor may not legally comply with such change, the contractor may terminate its participation herein as authorized by Article 17. H-GAC may, from time to time, require changes in the scope of the services of the Contractor to be performed hereunder. Such changes that are mutually agreed upon by and between H-GAC and the Contractor in writing shall be incorporated into this Agreement. ARTICLE 17 TERMINATION PROCEDURES The Contractor acknowledges that this Agreement may be terminated under the following circumstances: A.Convenience H-GAC may terminate this Agreement in whole or in part without cause at any time by written notice by certified mail to the Contractor whenever for any reason H-GAC determines that such termination is in the best interest of H-GAC. Upon receipt of notice of termination, all services hereunder of the Contractor and its employees and subcontractors shall cease to the extent specified in the notice of termination. In the event of termination in whole, the Contractor shall prepare a final invoice within 30 day days of such termination reflecting the services actually performed which have not appeared on any prior invoice, such invoice shall be satisfactory to the Executive Director or his designee. H-GAC agrees to pay the Contractor, in accordance with the terms of the Agreement, for services actually performed and accruing to the benefit of H-GAC, less payment of any compensation previously paid. The Contractor may cancel or terminate this Agreement upon thirty (30) days written notice by certified mail to H-GAC. The Contractor may not give notice of cancellation after it has received notice of default from H-GAC. In the event of such termination prior to completion of the Agreement provided for herein, H-GAC agrees to pay services herein specified on a prorated basis for work actually performed and invoiced in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, less payment of any compensation previously paid. B. Default page 4 of 8 H-GAC10/98