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17 <br />1. The Town of Chapel Hill shall, through its budgetary process, set fees for the costs of <br />services provided pursuant to the terms of this Agreement for those areas of the <br />Town situated in Durham County. <br />2. The Town of Chapel Hill shall establish said fees based on County's <br />recommendation, which recommendation shall be based on County's good faith <br />estimate of the costs of providing services contemplated by this Agreement within <br />that area of the Town situated in Durham County. <br />3. The County will provide proposed fees to Towns for Urban Curbside and Multi- family <br />recycling services by April 1 (Solid Waste Directors recommendation) and May 1 of <br />each year (County Manager's recommendation if different from Directors), unless <br />multi -year fee rate is established. <br />4. The Town of Chapel Hill shall authorize County to collect and administer said fees <br />and County shall apply the full revenue of said fees solely toward the costs of <br />providing services in that area of the Town of Chapel Hill situated in Durham County. <br />B. Annually no later than April 1 County shall notify Towns of any proposed tipping fee <br />increases and any proposed fee increases associated with multi - family and urban curbside <br />recycling services provided pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Subject to the terms <br />and any exceptions in this Paragraph V County shall be solely responsible for establishing <br />said fees. County shall establish said fees through its good faith estimate of the actual costs <br />of providing the services contemplated by this Agreement. Fees imposed pursuant to the <br />terms of this Agreement shall be uniform for each Town and shall be in an amount sufficient <br />to fully cover the direct and indirect costs of providing the services contemplated by this <br />Agreement. <br />C. Annually no later than April 1 (Solid Waste Directors recommendation) and May 1 of each <br />year (County Manager's recommendation if different from Directors), County shall notify <br />Towns of the proposed tipping fees and fees associated with services other than recycling <br />provided pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Subject to the terms and any exceptions <br />provided in this section, County shall be solely responsible for establishing said fees. County <br />shall establish said fees through its good faith estimate of the actual costs of providing the <br />services contemplated by this Agreement. Fees imposed pursuant to the terms of this <br />Agreement shall be uniform for each Town and shall be in an amount sufficient to fully cover <br />the costs of providing the services contemplated by this Agreement. <br />D. 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(D) 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(D) 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 />