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C. Subject to the two exceptions set out below, any fee increase of more than five percent (5 %) <br />must be approved by the Towns in advance by June 1 of any given year. <br />1. This Paragraph V(C) shall not apply where County has provided at least twelve (12) <br />months' notice of said fee increase and where such increase greater than five <br />percent (5 %) is necessary to maintain the then current level of services. <br />2. County's contract with its service provider, a provider of urban curbside service <br />contemplated by this Agreement, contains provisions for annual increases in costs <br />based on annual increases in the national Consumer Price Index ( "CPI "). This <br />Paragraph V(C) shall not apply where a greater than five percent (5 %) fee increase <br />is necessary based on the CPI increase requirement of County's contract with Waste <br />Industries, or any other service provider where the service contract contains a similar <br />provision, and where County has notified Town prior to the first day of April when <br />such a CPI increase greater than five percent (5 %) is expected for the next fiscal <br />year. <br />D. In the event a Town or Towns fail to approve a multi - family or urban curbside recycling fee <br />increase of greater than five percent (5 %) for any service where such increase is necessary <br />to fully pay for the provision of any service contemplated by the terms of this Agreement or <br />where such increase is necessary for County to meet its contractual obligations with any <br />contractor engaged in providing any of the services contemplated by this Agreement County <br />may, at its option, terminate this Agreement as it applies to any Town that fails to approve <br />said fee increase. <br />1. Any termination pursuant to this Paragraph V(D) shall be without cost or penalty to <br />County. <br />2. In the event County terminates this Agreement pursuant to the terms of this <br />Paragraph V(D) the Town or Towns with which the Agreement is terminated shall be <br />responsible for the full amount of any outstanding costs, contractual obligations or <br />debt related to the provision of services contemplated by this Agreement as such <br />costs or debt apply within its territorial jurisdiction. <br />3. Any termination pursuant to this Paragraph V(D) shall be effective at the end of the <br />fiscal year in which a Town or Towns fail to approve the aforementioned fee increase <br />and after written notice by the County to the Town(s). <br />VI. MISCELLANEOUS <br />A. Holiday service. County shall publish holiday schedules annually for curbside collection. <br />There will be no service on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, or Christmas Day. <br />Other holiday service will be scheduled according to the specific day of week of <br />observed holidays. <br />B. Storm debris management. County shall manage construction debris created by or from <br />severe storms at its Construction & Demolition Landfill. County shall provide debris <br />management sites for delivery of severe storm event vegetative debris. Emergency <br />storm debris collection and monitoring shall be the responsibility of each Party within its <br />territorial jurisdiction. <br />C. Ordinance enforcement. Each Town shall enforce County's Regulated Recyclable <br />Materials Ordinance within each Town's jurisdiction. Towns shall monitor waste <br />collected by Town staff for banned materials in order to prevent the delivery of banned <br />5 <br />7 <br />