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<br /> <br />17 <br /> <br /> <br />Contractor may choose to either hand dig or use heavy equipment to facilitate the <br />installation of the vault. The vault will be installed to meet standard cemetery practices <br />that complies with all state regulations and city codes. In the process of the vault <br />installation, if an unexpected obstacle occurs, such as: a previous installed adjacent <br />vault is intruding on burial space, or any other irremovable object, the Contractor will <br />work with the City Sales and Management Contractor to resolve the issue which may <br />require a fee adjustment. <br /> <br />7.5 Ground leveling and soil compacting for new - New gravesites are to be cleared, <br />tamped sunk, and leveled with the surrounding terrain within seven (7) calendar days of <br />burial services. Within twenty (20) calendar days following initial leveling, perform a <br />follow-up leveling for re-vegetation. <br /> <br />7.6 Marker installation – The Contractor shall install headstones and markers within <br />seven (7) days of notification by the City Sales & Management Contractor. Contractor <br />shall ensure site layout and preparation and install headstones and markers. <br />Headstones shall be handled in a manner that prevents damage. Contractor shall <br />ensure that flat markers shall be uniform in height (parallel with the ground and no more <br />than 1 inch above grade) and horizontally and vertically aligned. Contractor shall <br />provide headstone re-setting up to 1 headstone or marker per week. The Contractor is <br />not responsible for the purchase and delivery of the monuments, headstones and <br />markers to the cemetery. <br /> <br />SECTION 8. EQUIPMENT <br />When the City backhoe is no longer available for Contractor’s use, Contractor shall <br />obtain its own, or rent as needed, a backhoe to provide the burial services. If the <br />Contractor buys its own backhoe, Contractor shall provide the City with a rate sheet <br />setting forth the hourly cost for the backhoe. If the Contractor rents a backhoe, <br />Contractor shall provide City a copy of the rental invoice, to which Contractor may add a <br />ten percent (10%) administrative cost. Such ownership hourly rate, or rental invoice + <br />administrative cost, may be added as expenses to be invoiced by Contractor and paid <br />by City, in additional to the Cemetery Fee Schedule set forth in Exhibit B. <br /> <br /> <br />Page 193 of 782