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3 The Mayor, or delegated authority, may enter into contracts for snow and ice management services or may recommend such contracts to the City Council, in accordance with City policy. All contracts will provide the following: a. All personnel performing the contract on behalf of the contracting party are trained to the same extent as would be City personnel performing the same work. All personnel performing the contract on behalf of the contracting party are trained to Smart Salting Level 1 certification, and the performer of the contract is responsible for managing the training of these personnel. All personnel performing the contract on any public maintenance area on behalf of the contracting party are trained to a minimum level approved by the [City/County]] b. The contracting party will perform the work in accordance with all applicable City of Gem Lake policies and directives, copies of which will be provided to the contracting party. c. The contracting party will be insured for general and automotive liability to the same limits and under the same standard conditions as in other City of Gem Lake contracts, or to such other limits and under such other conditions as the Gem Lake City Attorney may advise. d. The contracting party will perform all work with due care, and will indemnify the City of Gem Lake and hold it harmless for its negligent and willful acts and omissions. 2. Gem Lake City Engineer or delegated authority. The Gem Lake City Engineer or delegated authority is authorized to establish subordinate policies and directives with respect to the following: a. Adjustments to snow and ice management priorities as indicated in Section B, above. b. Protocols and directives concerning the initiation and cessation of snow and ice management activities. Cessation protocols and directives will consider conditions that endanger employee or equipment safety, or that cause management activities to be ineffective. c. Protocols and practices for snow plowing and other operations, including snow storage. In determining snow storage locations and conditions, the Engineer or delegated authority will consider the debris and pollutant load held within stored snow and the potential water pollution impact of snowmelt within surface runoff. d. Protocols for application of sand, salt and other means to preserve/reestablish traction. The Engineer or delegated authority will give particular consideration to safety, environmental, and cost concerns, will maintain City awareness of best practices and innovations, and in his or her judgment will adjust protocols in accordance with such practices and innovations. In making the judgments underlying these actions, the Gem Lake City Engineer or delegated authority will give due attention to the considerations listed in Section A, above. The Gem Lake City Engineer or delegated authority should consider providing for awareness of best practices, including those contained in the Winter Parking Lot and Sidewalk Maintenance Manual (MPCA, 2015) and the Minnesota Snow and Ice Control Field Handbook for Snowplow Operators (Minnesota Local Road Research Board, 2012), as they may be updated, and to provide for incorporation of best practices as appropriate. Until such time as applicable policies and directives are established, the Gem Lake City Engineer or delegated authority will direct operations in his or her best judgment and with attention to the considerations listed in Section A, above. 3. Operators. City of Gem Lake contractors or affiliated Ramsey County personnel engaged in snow and ice management operations are authorized to adjust activities in accordance with Section B, above. Such personnel, in their judgment, also may adjust plowing and other operational methods and may implement