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COMPENSATION TO CONTRACTOR 046 The Service Fee due to Contractor from County for Contractor's receipt and handling of County Solid Waste at the Transfer Station and the transportation and disposal of such waste at the Sanitary Landfill pursuant to this Agreement shall be as follows: During the initial term of this Agreement, the Service Fee shall be Thirty-t=ight and 50/ 100 Dollars ($38.50) per ton of County Solid Waste accepted at the Transfer Station and transported by Contractor from the Transfer Station to the Sanitary Landfill, including the cost of disposal at the Sanitary Landfill, as adjusted pursuant to the terms hereof. Beginning Oil July 1, 2009, and on each subsequent July 1s', the Service Fee shall be adjusted and revised to reflect increases or decreases in the cost of living during the preceding year as measured by the Consumer Price Index, All Urban Consumers, South Region, formula- The CP_I. adjustment shall apply to the base Service fee without regard to adjustments for fuel as provided below. The Contractor shall be entitled to rate adjustments due to fuel cost increases. Contractor shall adjust the Service fee on October 'I, January 1, April 1, and July 'I to reflect increases or decreases in the cost of diesel fuel during the preceding three month period; provided, the base cost of the contract is $3.338 per gallon and the rate my go above or below this price during the contract term. Adjustments will be made according to the formula set forth in Exhibit "13" which is attached hereto and incorporated herein. The first rate change for fuel will be October P, 2008. Contractor also shall be entitled to an automatic Service Fee increase in the Service Fee equal to the amount of any fee, surcharge, duty, tax, or other charges of any nature imposed by the federal government, any agency thereof, the state where the Transfer Station and/or Sanitary Landfill are located, any agency thereof, or by any local governmental agency which is payable solely by reason of the nature of the Transfer Station operation, or the transportation or disposal operations conducted by Contractor and any other sales or service taxes of general application to the operation of the Transfer Station, or the transportation services and/or the Sanitary Landfill. Such fee, surcharge, duty, tax or other charge shall be paid by the County in the form of a Service Fee increase and shall include by way of example and not limitation anv state superfund tax for funding waste disposal and minimization studies or projects and any other tax, fee, surcharge or like charge. In the event it becomes necessary for Contractor to dispose of waste at a landfill other than the Waste Industries Landfill, such site must first be agreed to by Contractor and the County. Thereafter, Contractor shall be entitled to offset any increased costs of transportation or disposal by increasing the Service Pee unless Contractor's inability to use the Waste Industries Landfill is directly attributable to Contractor's default of its obligations hereunder. Contractor shall invoice County monthly for the Service Fee, and payment thereon shall be due fifteen ("15) days after receipt of invoice. 3