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addressed to the City at the following address: City Clerk, City of Paris, P. O. Box 9037, Paris, Texas 75461-9037. The Contractor and its sureties shall defend, indemnify, and hold the City, its elected officials, officers and employees harmless from all suits, actions or claims of any character, name and description brought for or on account of any injuries or damages received or sustained by any person, persons or property on account of the operations of the Contractor, his agents, employees or subcontractors; or on account of any negligent act or intentional wrongful act or omission of the Contractor, his agents, employees or subcontractors in the performance of said contract; or on account of the failure of the Contractor to provide the necessary barricades, warning lights or signs; and Contractor and its sureties shall be required to pay any judgment, with cost including attorneys' fees, which may be obtained against the City growing out of such injury or damage. The Contractor likewise covenants and agrees to, and does hereby, indemnify and hold harmless the City from and against any and all injuries, loss or damages to property of the City during the performance of any of the terms and conditions of this Contract, whether arising out of or in connection with or resulting from, in whole or in part, any and all alleged acts or omissions of officers, agents, servants, employees, contractors, subcontractors, licenses or invitees of the City. VI. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR Contractor covenants and agrees that Contractor is an independent contractor and not an officer, agent, servant or employee of City; that Contractor shall have exclusive control of and exclusive right to control the details of the work performed hereunder and all persons performing same, and shall be responsible for the acts and omissions of its officers, agents, employees, contractors, subcontractors and consultants; that the doctrine of respondeat superior shall not apply as between City and Contractor, its officers, agents, employees, contractors, subcontractors and consultants, and nothing herein shall be construed as creating a partnership or joint enterprise between City and Contractor. VII. TERMINATION City shall have the right to unilaterally terminate this agreement at any time and for any reason upon thirty (30) days written notice to the Contractor. 3