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11 <br />(ii) , costs of <br />collecting, processing and dispesal disposin of Recyclables, (iii) to the extent permitted by law, <br />costs of providing public benefits determined to be provided pursuant to Section 3.02, and (iv) <br />costs of solid waste reduction activities. <br />(b) Subject to the limitations of Sections 5M6 6 5.07, end 5.08 as -5:89, the County <br />may revise any rates, fees and charges at any time and as often as it shall deem appropriate, and <br />shall not be limited in the number of times in any Fiscal Year that it changes any rate, fee or <br />charge. <br />547 SM. Mixed Solid Waste Tipping Fee. (a) The County may increase the <br />Mixed Solid Waste Tipping Fee from time to time in its discretion with at least 30 days' notice of <br />the increase to all other Parties. The County may not, however, increase the Mixed Solid Waste <br />Tipping Fee during or at the beginning of any Fiscal Year to a fee that exceeds the Mixed Solid <br />Waste Tipping Fee in effect at the end of the preceding Fiscal Year by more than 10 %, without <br />the prior consent of all the other Parties. Further, the Parties intend and agree that the County <br />shall endeavor to adjust the Mixed Solid Waste Tipping Fee only annually, with changes <br />becoming effective only at the beginning of a Fiscal Year. <br />(b) . The County may decrease the Mixed Solid Waste Tipping Fee from time to time <br />in its discretion, without prior notice to or action by any other Party. The County shall promptly <br />notify the other Parties of any decrease in the Mixed Solid Waste Tipping Fee. <br />SM SM. Other Governmental Fees. (a) For the purposes of this Agreement, <br />a "Governmental Fee" shall mean any fee related to activities of the Solid Waste System that is <br />imposed directly and solely on the Parties themselves, other than the Mixed Solid Waste Tipping <br />Fee. <br />(b) If the County determines that it is or may be advisable to create and impose any <br />Governmental Fee, then the County shall give at least 30 days' notice of the proposed <br />Governmental Fee to the other Parties. A Governmental Fee may then be imposed only if the <br />creation and imposition of such Governmental Fee is subsequently approved by the County and <br />at least two other Parties (except that approval by any two Parties shall be required at any time <br />there are less than four Parties to this Agreement). A new Governmental Fee shall take effect at <br />the end of the notice period or, if later, the date of the last Governing Body approval necessary <br />for it to take effect. <br />(c) The County may increase any individual Governmental Fee from time to time in <br />its discretion with at least 30 days' notice of the increase to all other Parties. The County may <br />not, however, increase any individual Governmental Fee during or at the beginning of any Fiscal <br />Year to a fee that exceeds the fee in effect at the end of the preceding Fiscal Year by more than <br />10 %, without the prior consent of all the other Parties. The Parties intend and agree that the <br />County shall endeavor to adjust any and all Governmental Fees only annually, with changes <br />becoming effective only at the beginning of a Fiscal Year. <br />