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be reasonably designed to be consistent and compatible with the appropriate Solid Waste Management Plan and Policies. 4. The County will operate the System as an enterprise operation, and will have discretion to set rates, fees and charges. The Parties agree that the long -term success of the arrangement for solid waste management provided for in this Agreement requires that the 4Geunty and the T,. <'"' Parties remain committed partners. , . Aiens of the solid waste mamgemepA-enterp se.> The Parties agree that their goal of reducing solid waste must be achieved in a manner that guards the economic viability of the System's current and future operations. At the same time, the Parties acknowledge that the County is not expected to use its general funds to nndQrwri_te nyerall solid waste management activities. Therefore. the County the Towns and the persons and organizations within their jurisdictions all must bear appropriate proportional shares of the costs of providing for current and future operations of the solid waste management enterprise. The Parties agree that the County, as part of its responsibility for solid waste management, must retain broad flexibility to implement and adjust rates, fees and other charges, as provided below . , in order to generate sufficient resources through the System to carry out the requirements of the Solid Waste Management Plan and Policies The Parties agree that the County is ultimately responsible for balancing the available resources and the demands on the System, and that the County must therefore have sufficient authority to adjust either the resources or the System demands, or both, to achieve the balance. Part 1 of this Agreement provides for the County's authority over the Solid Waste Management Plan and Policies This Part 4 provides for the County's authority over the available resources. ,System will be operated as an enterprise fund. The County will segregate for accounting purposes all the System's accounts, moneys and investments. The County will provide for the System's, assets, liabilities and results of operations to be presented in the County's annual audit as a separate enterprise fund, in accordance with generally <aer-ep accepted accounting principles. The County will annually adopt a separate budget for the System in accordance with the County's usual budgetary process. The County will keep accurate records and accounts of all items of costs and of all expenditures relating to the System, and of the System Revenues collected and the application of System Revenues. Such records and accounts will be open to any Party's inspection at any reasonable time upon reasonable notice. System will be operated on a self-supporting basis. The County will establish and maintain a system of rates, fees and charges for the use of, and for the services provided by, the System which is reasonably designed to pay in full all the costs (and only the costs) of carrying out the County's responsibilities under this Agreement and the Solid Waste Management Plan and Policies, including, without limitation, (1) costs of disposing of Solid Waste, (2) costs of collecting, processing and disposing of Recyclables, (3) to the extent permitted by law, costs of providing Draft of June 1, 1999 /Blacklined from May 10, Page 4