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9/19/2025
Date Submitted to Clerk:
Wastewater
Department:
Joanna Orem
Vendor Name:
9/18/2025
Sign Date:
12/31/2025
Ending Date:
$25,000
Amount of Original Contract:
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Pretreatment Program Consulting Services
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CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
This contract is being entered into effective as of September 29 , 2025, by
and between the City of Jeffersonville Sanitary Sewer Board ("Board"), and Joanna Orem
("Contractor"), whereby the Board, shall receive the benefits of the professional services as forth
herein and shall compensate her according to the following terms.
Section 1. SCOPE OF WORK.
Contractor shall provide professional technical services to assist the Board with its
Pretreatment Program as needed. The services shall be provided with the approval and review of
the Director of Wastewater.
Section 2. COMPENSATION.
Contractor shall be paid at the rate of One Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($125)per hour
not to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000)for the term of this contract. Contractor
shall submit monthly invoices to the Board for payment of services rendered.
Section 3. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR—SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT.
The agreement is a contract for services and does not create a contract for employment.
Either party may terminate the agreement at any time with written notice. Contractor shall
perform the services and work called for by this contract using her own labor, equipment, means
and methods, which shall belong to and remain in the exclusive charge and control of Contractor
and which shall not be subject to any control or supervision of the Board, except as to the results
of such services and work. Contractor is an independent contractor who acknowledges that she
is entitled to no employment benefits under the contract, including but not limited to: worker's
compensation benefits, unemployment benefits, insurance, Social Security contribution,
vacation, sick days, personal days, or retirement benefits. Contractor shall be responsible for
paying her own income taxes, federal and state, and acknowledges that the Board will not
withhold taxes on her behalf. Contractor shall indemnify, defend, and hold the Board and/or the
City of Jeffersonville harmless of any liability in the event that any taxing authority seeks a levy
or institutes an action against the Board for unpaid taxes for which Contractor is responsible
under this contract.
Section 4. APPLICABLE LAW.
This agreement shall be governed and construed under the laws of the State of Indiana,
and any conflicts among the parties must be resolved through the Clark County Courts of that
State.
Section 5. TERMS OF THIS CONTRACT.
The terms of this contract shall not be changed, superseded or supplemented except in
writing signed by the parties hereto. The term of this contract shall be from the date approved by
the Board through December 31, 2025. All negotiations, written or verbal, are superseded by this
written contract which is the sole and only agreement between the parties. This contract may not
be assigned by Contractor without the express written approval in advance by the Board.
IN WITN HEREOF,the Board and Contractor have executed this instrument on
this\ day of , 2025.
Mayor Mike Moore, Joan Orem, Contractor
Board Presi nt
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