Addendum No 2 to Billing Services Agreement - Billing Services for Carriage Hills Project – St. Joseph County Regional Water & Sewer District

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BILLING SERVICES AGREEMENT (Carriage Hills Project) This AGREEMENT FOR BILLING SERVICES (the “Agreement”), is mutually agreed to st and made effective as of the 1day of September, 2020, by and between the St. Joseph County Regional Water & Sewer District (the “District”), and the City of South Bend, Indiana, acting by and through its Board of Public Works (the “City”) (each a “Party” and collectively the “Parties”). RECITAL WHEREAS, the District and the City have previously entered into an Amended and Restated Master Agreement dated as of July 9, 2019 (the “Master Agreement”) for the purposes of establishing the terms and conditions concerning provision, collection, treatment and disposal of water and sewage within the District‘s service areas, as well as terms and conditions related to certain improvements existing or planned at various locations in and adjacent to the South Bend water and wastewater facility planning areas; WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Master Agreement, on July 2019, the District and City entered into the Amended and Restated Project Addendum No. (“Project Addendum No. 2”) to facilitate the connection to sanitary sewers of certain real properties within or contiguous to the Carriage Hills Subdivision Sub-District of the District (the “Sub-District”); WHEREAS, under Project Addendum No. 2, the Cityagreed to provide billing services, on behalf of the District, for each residential customer within the Sub-District, at the rates and in the amounts described in Project Addendum No. 2, as may be amended from time to time, as further defined herein; WHEREAS, the District has applied for a loan through the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development Loan Program (the “USDA”) to facilitate the cost of construction of a wastewater collection system (the “System”) in the Sub-District; and WHEREAS, the District intends to issue revenue bonds of the District (the “Bonds”) and USDA will purchase such Bonds to evidence a loan to the Districtpayable over a period of forty (40)years for the purpose of making certain improvements within the Sub-District; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and obligations in the Master Agreement, the Project Addendum No. 2, and this Agreement, the adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows: 1.BILLING SERVICES 1.1.Billing Functions and Responsibilities. The Cityshall be responsible for the preparation, delivery and processing of the Sub-District Rates and Charges for each residential customer within the Sub-District, including the receiving, depositing, posting and processing of customer payments to the appropriate account.