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ARTICLE III PRICE ADJUSTMENTS
A. Price Adjustments.
Contract pricing will be adjusted periodically. Any such increase shall be based upon the annual Consumer Price Index (CPI)
increase, all items annual average percent change for the Southern Region as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Any
increase may also be based upon the actual increase in fuel or operation costs and the actual increases in the sanitary landfill
costs. Charges may be agreed orally or in writing. Consent to oral agreements may be evidenced by the course of action and
practices of the parties, including but not limited to, the Customer paying the City of Yukon’s invoice which reflects such changes.
ARTICLE IV. DUTIES AND LIABILITIES
A. Duties and Liabilities, Generally.
Sanitation Services will furnish containers in good working condition for the storage of legal waste. Containers are the property of
the City of Yukon and Customer shall have no right, title, or interest in the container apart from its use for the storage of legal waste
pending collection pursuant to this Agreement. Customer accepts responsibility for the safe use of the container by Customer and
those it authorizes to load legal waste therein. Customer agrees to notify Sanitation Services promptly should the container become
damaged or unsafe for any reason. If Customer directly or indirectly permits City of Yukon’s container to be modified, moved,
altered, damaged, made deliberately inaccessible, removed, hidden, stored, or otherwise maliciously interfered with, Customer
shall pay for all damage, loss of use, storage fees, delivery costs, and/or attorney fees in regaining possession of the container and
returning it to its normal working condition, or, at the City of Yukon’s option, Customer shall pay for the replacement value of the
container.
B. Liabilities, Delivery and Pick-up of Containers, and Acts of God.
Sanitation Services makes every effort possible to ensure timely and reliable delivery and pick-up of containers. However, we
cannot guarantee delivery times or dates. Inclement weather, hazardous roads, and/or driving conditions, motor vehicle
accidents, delays at landfills, equipment failures, etc., happen occasionally and the City of Yukon is not responsible for delays.
C. Liability and Indemnification.
Customer agrees to defend, hold harmless, and indemnify the City of Yukon against all claims, lawsuits, and any other liabilities of
personal injury or damage to property, directly, indirectly, or incidental, connected with or arising from Customer’s (including
Customer’s employees and agents) use of equipment.
Customer warrants that Customer’s pavement, concrete, sub-grade, curbing, etc., are sufficient to bear the weight of the
container itself, equipment, and vehicles used to service the container. The City of Yukon shall not be responsible for any such
damages and Customer agrees to assume all liability for any such damage resulting from the weight of the container(s), vehicles
used to service the container(s), and/or equipment providing services at Customer’s location.
Further, Customer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the City of Yukon for anything Customer puts in the City of Yukon’s
container which is not legal waste, as defined herein.
ARTICLE V. DEFINITIONS.
A. Definitions.
The term legal waste means all solid waste which Sanitation Services can deposit in a sanitary landfill and does not include
hazardous or toxic wastes as defined by the U.S. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Title to legal waste shall pass to the City
of Yukon upon pick up. Title to all other waste shall remain with Customer who agrees to be responsible for all injury to persons or
damage to property or the environment which is caused by anything placed in the City of Yukon’s container(s) which is not legal
waste.
The terms hazardous waste and toxic waste are defined as by the U.S. Environment Protection Agency, the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act and various state and local laws and restrictions. As used in this Agreement, hazardous and toxic waste includes,
but not limited to, within the statutory and regulatory definitions and specifically includes: radioactive, volatile, highly flammable,
explosive, biomedical, liquid waste, sludge, waste from any industrial service, waste from a pollution controlled process, residue
from the cleanup of a spill or release of chemical substances, contaminated soil, chemical waste, anything contaminated with
poly-chlorinated biphenyl (PCBs), asbestos, pumping from septic tanks, outdated or contaminated or banned chemicals or
commercial products (including items removed from the marketplace by consent following allegations of safety by any
governmental regulatory body), animal wastes and/or body parts, grease trap residues, closed cartridge filters from dry-cleaning
establishments, and other similar wastes. Customer agrees to be solely liable for any and all required remedial action attributable to
any of this material being picked up and transported.
The term “Customer” refers to the individual and/or company leasing a container pursuant to this month-to-month agreement.