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19.3 Contractor agrees upon reasonable notice to maintain and provide to County, to any Federal or State department having monitoring or review authority, to County's authorized representatives, and/or to any of their respective audit agencies access to and the right to examine all records and documents necessary to determine compliance with relevant Federal, State, and local statutes, rules, and regulations, to determine compliance with this Services Agreement, and to evaluate the quality, appropriateness, and timeliness of services performed. 19.4 All books, records, reports and accounts maintained pursuant to this Services Agreement as related to Contractor's activities under this Services Agreement shall be open to inspection and audit by the County or a designated representative, and by representatives of the state and federal government, upon reasonable notice during normal business hours throughout the life of this Services Agreement and for a period of four (4) years thereafter. 19.5 Contractor shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to achieve economy, efficiency and effectiveness in performance of the services provided. Contractor and County will meet on occasion, as requested by County, but not to exceed more than once per year, to consider revisions which may be needed to the reporting forms created to document performance of the services provided. At any time during the term of this Services Agreement, County may request additional detailed information of one or more services performed for the purpose of a performance audit. The County shall make every effort to follow Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GALAS). The Contractor shall not unreasonably deny such requests under this intent. County may not require additional information of Contractor which Contractor, in its sole discretion, knows to be unduly burdensome to provide and/or which will interfere with the operations of Contractor's programs and services including such programs and services which are not covered by this Services Agreement. 20. Merger Clause & Amendments This Services Agreement, including the Exhibits and Attachments attached to this Services Agreement and incorporated herein by reference, constitutes the sole Services Agreement of the parties to this Services Agreement and correctly states the rights, duties, and obligations of each party as of this document's date. In the event that any term, condition, provision, requirement, or specification set forth in the body of this Services Agreement conflicts with or is inconsistent with any term, condition, provision, requirement, or specification in any Exhibit and/or Attachment to this Services Agreement, the provisions of the body of this Services Agreement shall prevail. Any prior agreement, promises, negotiations, or representations between the parties not expressly stated in this document are not binding. All subsequent modifications or amendments shall be in writing February 5,2015 -16- 1