A. Each collector providing solid waste handling services shall appear and defend, indemnify and save the county, its officers, employees and agents harmless of and from all claims, demands, actions, or causes of action of every kind and description resulting directly or indirectly, arising out of, or in any way connected with activities of the collector or its employees, agents and subcontractors, or arising or resulting from the failure of collector or its employees, agents and subcontractors to comply in all respects with the provisions and requirements of this chapter, and all applicable laws. If the county is required to provide its own defense against any such action or suit, the collector shall reimburse the county for all attorneys’ fees and other costs incurred by the county. The county shall have the right to select its own counsel for such defense.

B. Each collector providing solid waste handling services shall obtain and keep in force during the term of the license, contract, or permit single limit or equivalent public liability insurance for bodily injury or death and property damage arising or resulting from the operations of the collector, its employees, agents and subcontractors in conducting services covered by such license, permit or contract in an amount not less than $1,000,000 and workers’ compensation insurance covering all employees of the holder. Copies of such policies, or certificates evidencing such policies, shall be approved by the County Counsel and filed with the County Risk Manager, and the county shall be named thereon as an additional insured. All policies shall contain provisions requiring a 60-day notice to be given to the county prior to cancellation, modification or reduction of limits or failure to renew such insurance, whether by the insurer or the insured, and whether by nonpayment of insurance, false certification or otherwise. No license shall be granted under the provisions of this chapter, nor shall any such license be valid after issuance, unless there is at all times in full force and effect such described liability insurance.

C. Each collector providing solid waste handling services shall obtain and keep in force during the term of the license, contract, or permit, environmental liability insurance covering damages for the pollution, contamination, remediation and any injury or death and property damage arising or resulting from the operations of the collector and any acts or omissions by the collector, its employees, agents and subcontractors, in an amount not less than $1,000,000 and workers’ compensation insurance covering all employees of the holder. Any such policy of insurance shall not have a deductible in excess of $1,000. Copies of such policies, or certificates evidencing such policies, shall be approved by the County Counsel and filed with the County Risk Manager, and the county shall be named thereon as an additional insured. All policies shall contain provisions requiring a 60-day notice to be given to the county prior to cancellation, modification or reduction of limits or failure to renew such insurance, whether by the insurer or the insured, and whether by nonpayment of insurance, false certification or otherwise. No license shall be granted under the provisions of this chapter, nor shall any such license be valid after issuance, unless there is at all times in full force and effect such described liability insurance. (Ord. 880, eff. 3/4/99; Ord. 844, eff. 10/1/96)