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4 • materials currently available at these centers at the time of the execution of this agreement will be maintained and any consideration to reduce the current available materials will first be discussed by the advisory committee/commission/board • materials may be added at County discretion • County will, with the relevant Town cooperation, maintain the sites with regard to screening, signage, litter collection and illegal dumping (includes any existing agreement for site maintenance) Customer Service, Education and Outreach • County is responsible for preparation, distribution, expense and coordination for education and outreach services related to waste management, recycling and waste reduction services/programs under its administration, including advertising of holiday schedules. A multi‐media approach will be utilized. Solid Waste Management Planning, Data Management and Reporting • County, in cooperation with the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough, is responsible for development and timely submission of required annual reporting and solid waste management planning to NC DENR. • Towns and County will cooperate with requests for information/data in a timely fashion. • Consideration will be given by County to investigation of increased diversion of organic wastes, especially commercially generated food wastes. • Consideration will be given by County to investigation of increased diversion of commercial/non‐residential wastes, including review of program financing • County, in cooperation/coordination with the Towns, will develop recycling performance measures and tracking data for various programs of interest o Consistent with the reasonably available or obtainable data given the integrated nature of most recycling programs; annual reporting examples include: Number of households and multifamily units served by curbside program/by Town Number of businesses serviced with onsite collection service/by jurisdiction Participation rates for curbside program by jurisdiction comparison with prior year o To be provided upon request, annually or otherwise reasonably accessible o To maintain data in a secure manner, consistent with public records law of North Carolina Financial Fees for the purpose of providing Urban Curbside and Multi‐family recycling services within the jurisdictions of the Towns shall be established through each Town’s budgetary process. Through such process Towns shall establish recycling service fees based on County’s recommendation, which recommendation shall be based on County’s good faith estimate of the costs of providing recycling services within the Towns’ jurisdictions. The County will provide proposed fees to Towns for Urban Curbside and Multi‐family recycling services by April 1 (Solid Waste Directors recommendation) and May 1 of each year (County Manager’s recommendation if different from Directors), unless multi‐year fee rate is established. • The Towns shall, through its budgetary process, set fees for the costs of services provided pursuant to the terms of this Agreement for those areas of the Town situated in Durham County. • The Towns shall establish said fees based on County’s recommendation, which recommendation shall be based on County’s good faith estimate of the costs of providing services contemplated by this Agreement within that area of the Town situated in Durham County. • The Town shall authorize County to collect and administer said fees and County shall apply the full revenue of said fees solely toward the costs of providing services in that area of the Town of Chapel Hill situated in Durham County. Annually no later than April 1 (Solid Waste Directors recommendation) and May 1 of each year (County Manager’s recommendation if different from Directors), County shall notify Towns of the proposed tipping fees and fees associated with services other than recycling provided pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Subject to the terms and any