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7 <br /> 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 />