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is <br />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 decxease any minor fees for the disposal of <br />certain c~.asses of Solici Waste (-such as lees for the disposal of yard <br />waste or clean wood waste) and minor charges far- the sale of goods- <br />{such as, for example-, mu3ch, scrap tires, or cle-an wood waste). A fee. <br />or charge shall bn considered "minor~~ for the purposes of this <br />paragraph if the fee or charge produced less than Z% 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 ehanae approvals. Any approvals given by a <br />Party, pursuant to the approval requiremen~s.~of this Part 4, to the <br />imposition or increase of any fee will be of. no further effect after <br />94 days from the date of the action gxantix~g approval (or ~ after such <br />shorter ar longer period as may be made pant of the action granting <br />appraval3, if the imposition or increase so. approved has not by such <br />time received al-1 approvals required for its'`effectiveness. <br />. IIse of System Revenues only for System: no requirement. that <br />County use general funds far 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 (Z} <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 casts 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 />R~esezvation 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 ire its reasonable discretion deem reasonably <br />necessary (1} to eompTy 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, C2) to comply with the <br />requirements of any contracts, instruments or other agreemer3ts at any <br />time securing Outstanding System Debt, or (3) to pay costs of <br />xemediating any adverse environmental conditions at any time existing <br />with respect to the System. <br />7 <br />