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• 29 5.05. Records, Accounts and Audits; Other Reports. (a) The County shall segregate for accounting purposes all the accounts, moneys and investments of the Solid Waste System. (b) The County shall keep accurate records and accounts of all items of costs and of all expenditures relating to the Solid Waste System, and of the System Revenues collected and the application of System Revenues. Such records and accounts shall be open to any Party's inspection at any reasonable time upon reasonable notice. The County shall provide for the assets, liabilities and results of operations of the Solid Waste System to be presented in the County's annual audit as a separate enterprise fund, in accordance with generally accepting accounting principles. (c) The County shall make, or cause to be made, any additional reports or audits relating to the Solid Waste System as may be required by law. The County, as often as may reasonably be requested, shall furnish such other information as the County may have reasonably available concerning the Solid Waste System or its operation as the Commission or any Party may reasonably request. 5.06. Rates, Fees and !'harges. (a) The County shalVestablish and maintain a system of rates, fees and charges for the use o, and d for the services provided by, the Solid Waste 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, includin&(i) to the extent the County is so authorized under the Solid Waste Management Plan, costs of collecting Recyclables, ano,ii costs of solid waste reduction activities. (b) Subject to the limitations of Sections 5.07, 5.08 and 5.09, the County may revise any rates, fees and charges at any time ,,and as often as it shall deem appropriate, and shall not be limited in the number of times in any Fiscal Year that it change rats, fee or charge% 5.07. Mixed Solid Waste Tipping Fee. (a) The.County may increase the Mixed Solid Waste Tipping Fee from time to time in its discretion with at least 30 days' notice of the increase to all other Parties. The County may not, however, increase the Mixed Solid Waste Tipping Fee during or at the beginning of any Fiscal Year to a fee that exceeds the Mixed Solid Waste Tipping Fee in effect at the end of the preceding Fiscal Year by more than 10%, without the prior consent of all the other Parties. Further, the Parties intend and agree that the County shall endeavor to adjust the Mixed Solid Waste Tipping Fee only annually, with changes becoming effective only at the beginning of a Fiscal Year. (b) The County may decrease the Mixed Solid Waste Tipping Fee from time to time in its discretion, without prior notice to or action by any other Party. The County shall promptly notify the other Parties of any decrease in the Mixed Solid Waste Tipping Fee. 5.08. Governmental Recycling,Fee. (a) For the purposes of this Agreement, a "Governmental Recycling Fee" shall mean any fee related to the collection, processing or disposal of Recyclables that is imposed directly on the Parties themselves.