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17 <br />special district tax related to the System; instead, the generally <br />applicable law shall govern any such proposal. The Parties note that <br />North Carolina law currently requires a Town's consent to include any <br />area within that Town's jurisdiction within a special taxing district, <br />but that the County controls the rate of any special district tax in <br />its discretion. <br />(2) If the County determines that it is or may be advisable to <br />create, increase or decrease any rate, fee or charge covered by this <br />section, then the County will give at least 30 days' notice of the <br />proposed change to the other Parties, and the County will request that <br />the Advisory ^_cc:..._____n Board consider the proposed change. If the <br />Advisory ^=-~-~'_.._~n Board recommends that the change be approved, then <br />the change may take effect if the County subsequently approves it. If <br />the Advisory ^~M-~~~~~-' Board recommends that the change not be <br />approved, then the change may take effect only if the County and at <br />least tae one other Part-== ysubsequently approve the change -{~e~e~ <br />~~~e~-e~a~-t3-ate--~~te~e-~~e-1-ee~-~~€ea~na~ ~e9 * e-~~ <br />T--v~~-~~~~` A change will take effect at the end of the notice period <br />"~J-__..__.__~ . <br />or, if later, the date of the last Governing Body approval necessary <br />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 change 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 />Use 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 />7 <br />