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Board committee questions indemnity language in tax-assessment vendor contract
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Members of the finance committee pressed district counsel and staff about indemnification language in the assessment-evaluation contract, raising concerns about whether the vendor’s clause would leave the district solely responsible for legal costs if assessment appeals triggered litigation.
Members of the Mill Creek Township School District finance committee on Monday probed language in a proposed assessment-evaluation contract that would require the district to indemnify and defend the vendor in certain tax-assessment appeals.
Committee members said the paragraph gives the vendor broad protection from liability. One board member said the clause “gives them a complete out” and that the district should expect professionals it hires to share some responsibility for legal exposure.…
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