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Agreement, it ~ing further specifically ~derstood and agreed b and between the y parties, with respect to the aforesaid compensation that the compensation to be paid will be based upon predetermined refuse truck capacities which are agreed upon between the Contractor and the City. In the event Contractor and city are unable to reach a mutually acceptable arbitrator, each party shall nominate one arbitrator and the arbitrators so nominated by the parties shall select a third arbitrator who will act~with them as a three-member arbitrator panel to decide the disagreement between the parties by the concurrence of a majority of such panel. Costs for such arbitration shall be borne equally by Contractor and City. (A) Open hours and holidays. The Contractor shall keep the site open for the receiving of municipal solid waste from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Saturdays, except holidays. (B) Time of payment. The Contractor shall invoice the City monthly, invoices to be submitted as the last of each month, accompanied by tickets which are collected by Contractor as refuse trucks make deliveries, and shall include the last full week of each month. Invoices shall be paid by the City monthly, not later than the 10th of the ' month following the month for which the invoice is rendered. (C) Contractor shall accept for disposal all residential and commercial garbage and trash generated in the City of La Porte including that collected by private haulers and that brought to the landfill by private citizens and shall make a reasonable charge to disposal therefore, which charge shall bear a reasonable relationship to the charges made to the City hereunder. (4) INSURANCE AND WORKMEN"S COMPENSATION. It is understood and agreed between the parties that, in entering into the foregoing Agreement, the Contractor is acting as an independent Contractor and is in no way the agent or employee of the City. In this respect, it is also agreed as follows: (A) Liability Insurance. The Contractor shall be responsible for any personal injury to any person and for any damage to property suffered by the public or by any private person that may be sustained through, or on account of, any negligence, failure or fault of the Contractor, or its agents or servant, in complying with and carrying out the terms of this contract,' and for any negligence which may occur as a fault of the Contractor, and Contractor shall save and hold harmless City from any such liability, and the Contractor shall carry Public Liability Insurance in an amount not less than $300,000.00 for injuries, including accidental death, to any one person and, subject to the same limit for each person, in an amount not less than $500,000.00 on account of