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approve the change. A change will take effect at the end of the notice <br />period or, if later, the date of the last Governing Body approval <br />necessary for it to take effect. <br />(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the <br />County may at any time, and from time to time in its discretion, <br />create, increase or decrease any minor fees for the disposal of <br />certain classes of Solid Waste (such as fees for the disposal of yard <br />waste or clean wood waste) and minor charges for the sale of goods <br />(such as, for example, mulch, scrap tires, or. clean wood waste). A fee <br />or charge shall be considered "minor" for the purposes of this <br />paragraph if the fee or charge produced less than 1~ of the System's <br />total revenue for the last preceding Fiscal Year for which audited <br />financial statements are available. <br />Time limit on fee chance approvals. Any approvals given by a <br />Party, pursuant to the approval requirements of this Part 4, to the <br />imposition or increase of any fee will be of no further effect. after <br />90 days from the date of the action granting approval (or after such <br />shorter or longer period as may be made part of the action granting <br />approval), if the imposition or increase so approved has not by such <br />time received all approvals required for its effectiveness. <br />IIse of System Revenues only for System: no requirement that <br />County use general funds for System purposes. The County will .use <br />System Revenues solely to carry out the Solid Waste Management Plan <br />and Policies and solely for the benefit of the System, including (1) <br />to pay costs of disposing of Solid Waste, (2) to pay costs of <br />collecting, processing and disposing of Recyclables, (3) to the extent <br />permitted by law, to pay costs of providing public benefits determined <br />to be provided pursuant to Part 6, and (4) to pay costs of solid waste <br />reduction activities. The County will not use System Revenues to pay <br />costs of collecting Solid Waste in unincorporated areas of the County. <br />The County will in no event be required to use assets or funds other <br />than those of the System to fulfill its obligations under this <br />Agreement other than its obligations under Part 2. <br />Reservation of County's rights. Notwithstanding any provision <br />of the Solid Waste Management Plan and Policies or this Agreement to <br />the contrary, the County will in all events be entitled to operate the <br />System and all its facilities, and may adjust any and. all rates, fees <br />and charges, as it may in its. reasonable discretion deem reasonably <br />necessary (1) to comply with any requirements of any applicable law or <br />regulation or any court order, administrative decree or similar order <br />of any judicial or regulatory authority, (2) to comply with the <br />requirements of any contracts, instruments or other agreements at any <br />time securing Outstanding System Debt, or (3) to pay costs of <br />remediating any adverse environmental conditions at any time existing <br />with respect to the System. <br />7 <br />