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247 SECTION XII - TIPPING FEE Ail users of landfill, except private users hauling their own personal residential garbage and rubbish, will be required to pay a tipping fee according to the schedule approved by the Board of Commissioners and listed in Appendix C. Landfill users will be billed monthly by the tenth day of the month following the month for which the landfill is used. Payment will be due within thirty (30) days. Tires will be accepted and cut at the rate approved by the Board of Commissioners and found in Appendix D. SECTION XIII - PERFORMANCE BOND Each holder of a franchise shall provide and maintain a performance bond or cash deposits in amounts determined by the County Commissioners and in any event, in a minimum amount of $10,000 and on file at the County Manager's office of Cabarrus County, conditioned on the faithful performance of their duties hereunder, which bond shall be subject to forfeiture in the event of the revocation or suspension of the franchise after the hearings provided for by Section XIII of this Ordinance or in the event of the termination of service to a franchise area by the voluntary act of the holder of the fran- chise. SECTION XIV - COMPETITIVE BIDDING The County Commissioners shall have the right to request bids and the payment of license fees to the County for the award of franchises upon the expiration, termination or abandonment of any franchise currently in effect or hereafter granted. Such bidding shall be upon such terms and conditions deemed by the commissioners to be in the best interest of the public health and welfare. SECTION XV - PROCEDURES FOR SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION Any suspension, revocation or termination of solid waste franchises or any portion thereof shall be accomplished in the following manner: When the Health Director shall be of the opinion that any actions or failures to act by a franchisee immediately endanger the public health and that immediate suspension of a franchise is necessary to protect the public health, the Health Director shall be authorized to suspend a franchise until a hearing as hereinafter provided can be held, not to exceed ten days, by forwarding written notice of the suspension to the franchisee whose franchise is being suspended setting out the reasons for the suspension and the reasons for his opinion that the public health is immediately endangered. Such written notice shall set forth the date and time of a hearing before the County Commission to be held on such suspen- sion, which hearing shall be held within ten days from the date of the notice. In all other cases in which suspension, termination, or revocation of a franchise is being contemplated the Health Director shall advise the franchisee in writing of the nature of disciplinary action being con- sidered and the bases for such contemplated action. Such written notice shall give the franchisee not less than fifteen days in which to remedy the situation. In the event the situation is not remedied within the time specified in the notice, the Health Director may request a hearing before the County Commission to present the facts and obtain a dis- position of the matter. The Health Director shall advise the franchisee in writing of the date, time and place of the hearing before the County Commissioners not less than ten days prior to the date on which the hearing is to be held and shall further advise the franchisee of the specific charges against him, of the identity of the accusing parties, and of his right to present evidence, be represented by counsel and cross-examine witnesses. Such hearings shall be before the full Board of a committee of not less than three Board members. The Board shall render a written decision on the matter considered setting out its disposition and the reasons therefore. SECTION XVI - PENALTIES AND REMEDIES Any person who violates this ordinance or any regulations adopted by the County Commissioners pertaining to solid waste management shall be guilty of a