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receipts and disbursements. Such records and accounts shall be maintained in a form
<br /> which will permit the tracing of funds and program income to final expenditure. The
<br /> Municipality shall maintain records sufficient to reflect that all funds received under this
<br /> Agreement were expended in accordance with Minn. Stat. § 115A.557, subd. 2, for
<br /> residential solid waste recycling purposes. The Municipality shall also maintain records
<br /> of the quantities of materials recycled. All records and accounts shall be retained as
<br /> provided by law, but in no event for a period of less than five years from the last receipt
<br /> of payment from the County pursuant to this Agreement.
<br /> 9. AUDIT. Pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 16C.05, the Municipality shall allow the County or
<br /> other persons or agencies authorized by the County, and the State of Minnesota,
<br /> including the Legislative Auditor or the State Auditor, access to the records of the
<br /> Municipality at reasonable hours, including all books, records, documents, and
<br /> accounting procedures and practices of the Municipality relevant to the subject matter of
<br /> the Agreement, for purposes of audit. In addition, the County shall have access to the
<br /> project site(s), if any, at reasonable hours.
<br /> 10. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
<br /> a. In performing the provisions of this Agreement, both parties agree to comply with all
<br /> applicable federal, state or local laws, ordinances, rules, regulations or standards
<br /> established by any agency or special governmental unit which are now or hereafter
<br /> promulgated insofar as they relate to performance of the provisions of this
<br /> Agreement. In addition, the Municipality shall comply with all applicable
<br /> requirements of the State of Minnesota for the use of SCORE funds provided to the
<br /> Municipality by the County under this Agreement.
<br /> b. No person shall illegally, on the grounds of race, creed, color, religion, sex, marital
<br /> status, public assistance status, sexual preference, handicap, age or national origin,
<br /> be excluded from full employment rights in, participation in, be denied the benefits of,
<br /> or be otherwise subjected to unlawful discrimination under any program, service or
<br /> activity hereunder. The Municipality agrees to take affirmative action so that
<br /> applicants and employees are treated equally with respect to the following:
<br /> employment, upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment, layoff, termination, selection
<br /> for training, rates of pay, and other forms of compensation.
<br /> c. The Municipality shall be responsible for the performance of all subcontracts and
<br /> shall ensure that the subcontractors perform fully the terms of the subcontract. The
<br /> Agreement between the Municipality and a subcontractor shall obligate the
<br /> subcontractor to comply fully with the terms of this Agreement.
<br /> d. The Municipality agrees that the Municipality's employees and subcontractor's
<br /> employees who provide services under this agreement and who fall within any job
<br /> classification established and published by the Minnesota Department of Labor &
<br /> Industry shall be paid, at a minimum, the prevailing wages rates as certified by said
<br /> Department.
<br /> e. It is understood and agreed that the entire Agreement is contained herein and that
<br /> this Agreement supersedes all oral and written agreements and negotiations
<br /> between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof.
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