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CCTS Transportation Services Contract Page 2 ot 7 The Contractor will be involved in, and shall assist, the CCTS Transportation Planner and Mobility Management staff in overall system planning efforts. These include developing and promoting new services; exploring alternative funding and contracting methods; budgeting and capital areas; and public outreach efforts. The Contractor will assist the CCTS Transportation Planner with the preparation of NCDOT and FTA grant applications (i.e., 5311, ROAP); local Agency grant and Award applications; audits and operational planning requirements (CTSP, CTIP etc.). The Contractor shall assist the CCTS Transportation Planner with the preparation of all progress reports required by the North Carolina Department of Transportation and/or FTA contracts as well as any County Mobility Management required data collection deemed necessary for the Planning and Operation of the CCTS system. The Contractor's local Project Manager will participate in Cabarms County's Emergency Management operations drills and the CCTS system fleet and Contractor will be a standby resource for Cabarrus County Emergency Management. Contractor will also coordinate with local law enforcement, City, and County officials in emergency and/or system planning and development efforts so as to enhance CCTS's position within the community. The Contractor shall recruit, hire, train, supervise and manage qualified personnel, including, but not limited to drivers, dispatchers, supervisors; and a program manager to provide daily transportation services for the CCTS system. The Contractor shall provide employee salaries, including tenure increases, as specified in its Proposal. Contractor agrees to notify CCTS in the event Contractor plans to modify its structure of wages and benefits. In the event that Contractor, upon its own initiative or at the suggestion of CCTS or upon mandate of federal, state, or local Government, modifies or plans to modify its plan of wages and benefits in a significant way, either party may request re-negotiation of the compensation rates provided in this Contract. The Contractor will lease a minimum of 22 vehicles for the sum of $1.00 per vehicle per year. The Contractor warrants that the CCTS vehicles will be used exclusively for CCTS public transportation services, and not for charter work or other uses not approved in advance by CCTS's Transportation Planner and/or Board. The Contractor shall be responsible for all mechanical and service inspections and repairs of all vehicles as outlined in the CCTS RFP, in the Contractor's Proposal, and in accordance with all North Carolina Department of Transportation vehicle maintenance requirements. The Contractor shall schedule regular preventive maintenance and repairs with all non-warranty costs to be paid for by the Contractor. Notwithstanding the above, the County and the Contractor shall perform a joint transition fleet inspection prior to Contractor's assumption resulting in the Practice that the County shall either (a) provide the fleet in an initial condition such,that it meets or exceeds the RFP and NC Safety Inspection requirements, or (b) (b) negotiate with the incoming Contractor to repair the deficiencies identified during the inspection at the County's expense. A similar joint inspection shall be performed thirty days prior to the end of a contract, and the Contractor shall be given the opportunity to repair any deficiencies identified on the vehicles at that time. The County reserves the right to withhold some or all of the Contractor's final payment until such time as the vehicles are determined to be in acceptable condition per the criteria set forth in the Contract and RFP and Contractor Proposal or until a suitable amount is negotiated to cover any needed repairs.