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CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MN CONTRACT FOR THE COLLECTION OF RESIDENTIAL RECYCLABLE MATERIALS Page 8 3.12 Neither the Contractor nor the City shall be liable for the failure to perform their duties if such failure is caused by a catastrophe, riot, war, fire, act of God, power failure, flood, disaster or other similar contingency beyond the reasonable control of the City or the Contractor. Labor disputes do not constitute situations beyond reasonable control. 3.13 The laws of the State of Minnesota shall be used to interpret this Contract. 4 Operations 4.1 Collection of recyclables shall not start before 7:00 a.m. or continue after 6:00 p.m. Exceptions to collection hours shall be effected only by permission of the City. The Contractor shall request permission from the City for any exception first via telephone and then in writing to the City Recycling Coordinator with an explanation as to the reason for the exception. 4.2 When a holiday falls on the day that recycling will normally be collected, each subsequent collection day will be delayed one day. For Example – if July 4 is on Tuesday, regular collection services will be Wednesday and Thursday. 4.3 The Contractor’s employees shall handle the carts with reasonable precautions to prevent spilling or scattering of recycling materials. The Contractor shall replace all carts in an upright position and shall immediately clean up and dispose of any contents thereof which may be spilled, regardless of whether the spill occurred on public or private property. 4.4 If the Contractor fails to clean up any scattered or spilled material or leaked material from recycling trucks within three hours after oral or written notice (email is acceptable) from the City, the City may cause such work to be done and deduct the reasonable cost thereof from any payments due and owing the Contractor, in addition to any other remedies provided herein. 5 Collection Services 5.1 The recyclables collection service shall be provided every week from a 35-gallon, 64-gallon, 95- gallon or similar sized wheeled recycling cart(s). 5.2 Collection shall occur in the same location (i.e., at “curbside”) and similar manner as household solid waste collection. 5.3 Recyclables “door-step” collection may occur for eligible residents who apply and receive City approval. Eligible residents are disabled or handicapped. There will not be an additional charge to residents who are entitled to “door-step” collection. 5.4 All occupants of RDU’s in the City that set out recyclables for municipal collection shall be required to place their household recyclables in the City-supplied cart(s). 5.5 The current list of household recyclables is established under the authority of the City’s Recycling Coordinator. The current list of recyclables as of the date of Contract execution are