[R.O. 2012 §180.010; Ord. No. 3157 §§1 — 6, 8-14-2006]
A. 
There is hereby established in the City of Bloomfield, the Bloomfield Transit Authority.
B. 
The Bloomfield Transit Authority shall work in conjunction with Missouri Department of Transportation.
C. 
The City of Bloomfield shall cooperate with the Missouri Department of Transportation, who has agreed to give to the City of Bloomfield a grant each year for one-half (1/2) of the expenses incurred by the Bloomfield Transit Authority. The grant shall have a maximum sum as is determined by the Missouri Department of Transportation each year.
D. 
The Mayor of the City of Bloomfield shall appoint the department head of the Bloomfield Transit Authority with the approval of the Board of Aldermen.
E. 
The Mayor shall appoint each year a committee of three (3), two (2) members being members of the Board of Aldermen, one (1) from each ward and the Mayor, as the committee to review and promulgate rules and regulations for the Bloomfield Transit Authority. The findings and recommendation of the committee shall then be presented to the Board of Aldermen and shall be approved or disapproved by a majority of the Board of Aldermen. The report shall be submitted to the Board of Aldermen each year at the first regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen during May. However, the recommendations of the committee for the year shall be presented to the Board of Aldermen at the first regular meeting for the month of October 2006. Thereafter, it shall be the first regular meeting of May of each year, beginning 2007.
F. 
The budget for the Bloomfield Transit Authority shall be presented in the annual report.
[Ord. No. 008-16 § 1, 6-20-2016]
A. 
Disputes. Disputes arising in the performance of this contract which are not resolved by agreement of the parties shall be decided in writing by the attorney for the City of Bloomfield. This decision shall be final and conclusive unless within ten (10) days from the date of receipt of its copy of the decision, the contractor mails or otherwise furnishes a written appeal to the attorney for the City of Bloomfield. In connection with any such appeal, the contractor shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard and to offer evidence in support of its position. The decision of the attorney for the City of Bloomfield shall be binding upon the contractor, and the contractor shall abide by the decision.
B. 
Performance During Dispute. Unless otherwise directed by the City of Bloomfield, the contractor shall continue performance under this contract while matters in dispute are being resolved.
C. 
Claims For Damages. Should either party to the contract suffer injury or damage to person or property because of any act or omission of the party or of any employees, agents or others for whose acts he is legally liable, a claim for damages therefor shall be made in writing to such other party within a reasonable time after the first observance of such injury or damage.
D. 
Remedies. Unless this contract provides otherwise, all claims, counterclaims, disputes and other matters in question between the City of Bloomfield and the contractor arising out of or relating to this agreement or its breach will be decided by arbitration if the parties mutually agree or in a court of competent jurisdiction within the City of Bloomfield, Missouri.
E. 
Rights And Remedies. The duties and obligations imposed by the contract documents and the rights and remedies available hereunder shall be in addition to and not a limitation of any duties, obligations, rights and remedies otherwise imposed or available by law. No action or failure to act by the City of Bloomfield or contractor shall constitute a waiver of any right or duty afforded any of them under the contract nor shall any such action or failure to act constitute an approval of or acquiescence in any breach hereunder except as may be specifically agreed in writing.