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• <br />• <br />• <br />Each Member shall pay its annual assessment in the following manner: <br />1) The entire amount shall be due by January 31; or <br />2) One -half (1/2) of each Member's entire amount shall be due by January <br />31 and the second one -half (1/2) of the entire amount shall be due by <br />August 31. <br />Failure to pay the required amounts by the due dates will cause a one (1) <br />percent per month service fee to be added to the unpaid amount due. <br />Subdivision 2. Budget Meeting and Approval. The proposed annual <br />Operating and Capital Improvement budgets for the next calendar year shall be <br />prepared by July 1 of each calendar year. Each Member shall review the <br />proposed operating budget and may make comments to the Board regarding <br />the operating budget on or before October 15th of each year. After submission <br />of comments by Members, the Board shall consider said comments and shall <br />adopt a final operating budget on or before October 15 of each year. The <br />Secretary shall certify and prepare a statement showing the approved operating <br />budget and the assessed amount to be paid by each Member on or before <br />October 31 each year. <br />Subdivision 3. Annual Assessment for Services. <br />The annual contribution of each Member or other entity shall be calculated <br />upon the following formula: <br />1) Forty percent (40 %) based upon the assessed valuation of all real property <br />of each governmental unit within the Area; <br />2) Forty percent (40 %) based upon the total area of the property within each <br />governmental unit within the Area; and <br />3) Twenty percent (20 %) based upon the population of each governmental <br />unit within the Area. <br />Subdivision 4. Capital Improvement Projects Program and Funding. On <br />or before July 1 of each year the Board shall prepare a proposed capital <br />improvements program and budget for projects to be started or completed in <br />the following year as described in the Water Plan and shall submit the same for <br />review and comment by the Members. Each proposed project shall be <br />described and its estimated cost and time for completion shall be provided. <br />Only projects described in the Watershed Management Plan or its amendments <br />may be included in the capital improvement budget. Funding in the capital <br />improvement budget shall be calculated as follows: <br />