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Section 3. Oyerational costs shall be shared accarding to a method agreed upon by majority decision ofthe Board of Directars. 'd I�� costs could be met by membership fees. These w n�� I� include Users Group administrative costs, purchase of liability insurance and others as appropriate. Section 4. Membership Fee: New Members and new Paying Affiliates shall pay a one-time membership fee of $500 to the Users Group far the calendar year 2006. The amount of this fee shall be reviewed and set annually by the Board of Directars far new Members and new Paying Affiliates. Section 5. Data Access and Physical Features Maintenance Fee: Members and Paying Affiliates shall commit to a three-year payment of data access and physical features maintenance fees, except where a one-year limitation is imposed by State Statutes. Ramsey County will charge the Users Group on an annual basis far unlimited access to the Ramsey County GIS Data. This fee will be paid to Ramsey County by the Users Group on behalf of the Members and Paying Affiliates on an annual basis. The amount to be paid by each Member and Paying Affiliates will be determined by the Board and will be reviewed annually. Section 6. Special Projects Assessments: Members and Paying Affiliates who wish to enter into special projects and consultations shall present proposals to the Board for review. Examples of special projects could be cooperative training or consortium purchase of software. Upon approval by the Board, those Members and Paying Affiliates who are part ofthe project will be assessed to meet the cost ofthe project. Section 7. Billings to the Members and Paying Affiliates are due and payable no later than 60 days after the receipt of the annual invoice. In the event of a dispute as to the amount of a billing, a Member or Paying Affiliate must nevertheless make payment as billed to preserve membership status. The Member ar Paying Affiliate may make payment subject to its right to dispute the bill and exercise any remedies available to it. Failure to pay a billing within 60 days results in suspension of voting privileges of the Member Directar. Failure to pay a billing within 120 days is grounds far termination of inembership, but the Users Group rights to receive payment are not affected by the tenxaanatiort of inembership. ARTICLE XI. TERM Section 1. This Agreement shall be in farce through December 31,2008, ar until superseded by another agreement. Section 2. Based on the annual review of the operating procedures within the Agreement conducted by the Board, a new Agreement will be developed and circulated at least three months priar to December 31,2008 and be agreed upon and signed on ar befare December 31,2008. ARTICLE XTI. TERMINATION: Each Member ar Paying Affiliate shall have the right to terminate its membership and participation in the Users Group with or without cause by formal resolution of the Member's ar Paying Affili�ie's arganization and communicated to the Board in writing. However, the Member ar Paying Affiliate is still obligated to its financial commitments far the year during which termination o f inembership occurs. These commitments include: (i) any balance of the Data AccesslPhysical Features Maintenance Fee. This commitment applies to all Members and Paying Affiliates. (ii) any balance owing on Special Projects Assessments. This commitment applies to Members and Paying Affiliates which have entered into any special project agreement{s). Termination of membership priar to expiration of the Agreement shall r��ake a local unit of government ineligible to re-join as a Member ar Paying Affiliate under the current Agreement. ARTICLE XIII. DISSOLUTION: Section 1. The Users Group may be dissolved by a two-thirds vote of its Members in good standing. Dissolution is mandatary when the Secretary has received certified copies of resolutions adopted by the governing bodies of the required Members requesting dissolution of the Users Group. Page 4 cf 6