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Agreement - Independent Auditing Services <br />Auditor: <br />James Moore & Co., P.L. <br />Zach Chalifour, CPA, Lead Partner <br />121 Executive Circle, Daytona Beach, FL 32114 <br />Phone (386) 257-4100 <br />Notices shall be effective when received at the address as specified above. Email transmission is <br />acceptable notice effective when received, provided, however, that email transmissions received <br />after 5:00 p.m. or on weekends or holidays, will be deemed received on the next day that is not a <br />weekend day or a holiday. The original of the notice must additionally be mailed. Either party may <br />change its address, for the purposes of this section, by written notice to the other party given in <br />accordance with the provisions of this section. <br />18. SURVIVAL. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, each obligation in this Agreement <br />to be performed by Auditor shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement. <br />19. INDEMNIFICATION. Auditor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless County, together with its <br />agents, engineers, employees, officers, elected officials and representatives, from liabilities, <br />damages, losses, and costs, including but not limited to, reasonable attorney's fees, to the extent <br />caused by a breach of this Agreement or the negligence, recklessness or intentional wrongful <br />misconduct of the Auditor and persons employed or utilized by the Auditor in the performance of <br />the Services under this Agreement. This indemnification and hold harmless provision shall survive <br />the termination or expiration of this Agreement. <br />20. CONSTRUCTION. The headings of the sections of this Agreement are for the purpose of <br />convenience only, and shall not be deemed to expand, limit, or modify the provisions contained in <br />such Sections. All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, <br />feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the party or parties may require. The parties <br />hereby acknowledge and agree that each was properly represented by counsel and this Agreement <br />was negotiated and drafted at arm's-length so that the judicial rule of construction to the effect that <br />a legal document shall be construed against the draftsperson shall be inapplicable to this <br />Agreement. <br />21. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement maybe executed in one or more counterparts, each of which <br />shall be deemed to be an original copy and all of which shall constitute but one and the same <br />instrument. <br />22. E -VERIFY. Auditor is registered with and will use the Department of Homeland Security's E - <br />Verify system (www.e-verify.gov) to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees <br />for the duration of this agreement, as required by Section 448.095, F.S. Auditor is also responsible <br />for obtaining an affidavit from all subcontractors, as required in Section 448.095(5)0, F.S., stating <br />the subcontractor does not employ, contract with, or subcontract with an unauthorized alien. <br />23. FOREIGN ENTITY OWNERSHIP. Auditor does not meet any of the criteria in Section 287.138, <br />Florida Statutes, relating to Foreign Entity Ownership, that would exclude it from eligibility to enter <br />an agreement which may give access to an individual's personal identifying information. <br />24. GENERAL. The Background Recitals are true and correct and form a material part of this <br />Agreement <br />7 <br />