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C.The Municipalities will provide the fundsto reimburse the County for the System <br />Appendix A <br />Equipment identified as the responsibility of the Municipalities in . <br />VIII.COST ALLOCATION/PAYMENT <br />A.Cost Allocation-Implementation Costs <br />1.Each of the Municipalities will reimburse the County for thecost of the number <br />of ballot counters, ballot boxes,and ballot marking devices required by that <br />Appendix A <br />Municipality in accordance with the pricing in . A list of the <br />estimated number of ballot counters, ballot boxes,and ballot marking devices for <br />each of the Municipalities and the percentage of the total cost for ballot counters <br />and ballot marking devices to be paid by each of the Municipalities is listed in <br />Appendix C <br />.The total number and each Municipality’s percentage ofballot <br />counters and ballot marking devices may be adjustedthroughout the term of this <br />Agreement including any extensions. <br />2.For those Municipalities that have elected to pay for the ballot counters, ballot <br />boxes, and ballot marking devicesover time, the total amount to be paid will <br />include their proportionate share of anyfinancing costs incurred by the County <br />for the purchase, installation and implementation of the System Equipment, <br />which financing costs will be shared among those Municipalities that have <br />elected to pay over a periodfrom two to five years. <br />B.Cost Allocation-Post-Implementation/Operating Services <br />1.There will be no charge to the Municipalities for ballot layoutfor all elections, <br />ballot printing for State and county electionsor for memory device programming. <br />2.The Municipalities will pay the County’s costs for Operating Serviceson an <br />annualbasis. <br />3.The cost ofOperating Services will be calculated to include costs for theitems <br />listed in Section III.B.-E. of this Agreementand, until repaid in full,the <br />Implementation Costsdescribed in SectionVIII.A.2. <br />4.Except as identified as the responsibility of a Party to this Agreement, annual <br />costs forOperating Serviceswill be allocatedas follows: <br />a.using the percentageofthe total number of ballot counters requested by <br />theMunicipality as a proportion of the total number of ballot counters <br />requested by all Municipalitiesfor 80%,andusing the percentage of the <br />total number of absentee ballots accepted by each Municipality during <br />the three most recent state general elections as a proportion of the total <br />number of absentee ballots accepted in the Countyfor 20%. <br />b.The allocation will take into account any changes in the number of ballot <br />counters requested by each of the Municipalities and/or the total number <br />of ballot counters. <br /> <br /> Joint Powers Agreement for New Voting System –2013 Page 8of 19 <br />