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(2) The County may decrease the Mixed Solid Waste Tipping Fee <br /> from time to time in its discretion, without prior notice to or action <br /> by any other Party. The County will promptly notify the other Parties <br /> of any decrease in the Mixed Solid Waste Tipping Fee. <br /> Governmental Fees. (1) If the County determines that it is or <br /> may be advisable to create and impose any Governmental Fee, then the <br /> County will give at least 30 days' notice of the proposed Governmental <br /> Fee to the other Parties. A Governmental Fee may then be imposed only <br /> if the creation and imposition of such Governmental Fee is <br /> subsequently approved by the County and at least one other of the <br /> largest two (by population) local government Parties. A new <br /> Governmental Fee will take effect at the end of the notice period or, <br /> if later, the date of the last Governing Body approval necessary for <br /> it to take effect. <br /> (2) The County may increase any individual Governmental Fee from <br /> time to time in its discretion with at least 30 days' notice of the <br /> increase to all other Parties. The County may not, however, increase <br /> any individual Governmental Fee during or at the beginning of any <br /> Fiscal Year to a fee that exceeds the fee in effect at the end of the <br /> preceding Fiscal Year by more than 10%, without the prior consent of <br /> all the other Parties. The Parties intend and agree that the County <br /> shall endeavor to adjust any and all Governmental Fees only annually, <br /> with changes becoming effective only at the beginning of a Fiscal <br /> Year. <br /> (3) The County may decrease any Governmental Fee from time to <br /> time in its discretion, without prior notice to or action by any other <br /> Party. The County will promptly notify the other Parties of any <br /> decrease in any Governmental Fee. <br /> Other fees. (1) This section applies to rates, fees or charges <br /> that the County may create or change, other than the Mixed Solid Waste <br /> Tipping Fee and Governmental Fees. This section applies to any County <br /> proposal to create, increase or decrease an availability fee. This <br /> section does not apply to any proposal to impose or change any special <br /> district tax related to the System; instead, the generally applicable <br /> law shall govern any such proposal. The Parties note that North <br /> Carolina law currently requires a Town's consent to include any area <br /> within that Town' s jurisdiction within a special taxing district, but <br /> that the County controls the rate of any special district tax in its <br /> 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 Board consider the proposed change. If the Advisory <br /> Board recommends that the change be approved, then the change may take <br /> effect if the County subsequently approves it. If the Advisory Board <br /> recommends that the change not be approved, then the change may take <br /> effect only if the County and at least one other Party subsequently <br /> 6 <br />