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D. Services The County will provide services, including training, related to the implementation of the System by the County and the Municipalities, as described in Implementation Services, attached hereto and made a part of this Agreement as Appendix B. III. COUNTY SCOPE OF WORK -POST IMPLEMENTATION A. General Following System implementation, the County will provide System administration; warranty and post - warranty hardware and software maintenance; retraining and training for new employees; and ballot printing services, as described in Post - Implementation Services, attached hereto and made a part of this Agreement as Appendix C. Such services may be provided directly by County staff or by outside vendors, as determined by the County. B. System Administration The County will provide election programming needed to generate ballots, program memory cards that allow the vote tabulators to correctly record votes, and accumulate and report election results cast on ACCUVOTE tabulators. C. Warranty Services Warranty services will be provided by the System Equipment vendors in accordance with the warranties contained in the contracts between the County and the System Equipment vendors. D. Maintenance Services 1. Prior to expiration of the tabulator manufacturer's warranties, the County, with input from the Municipalities, will decide whether tabulator maintenance services will be provided on a fixed price or a time and materials basis. The County's decision shall be binding on all of the Municipalities and shall apply to all System tabulators, whether housed at the County or the Municipalities, including backups. The County will enter into a contract with the vendor for tabulator maintenance services to be provided directly to the County and to the Municipalities. 2. The County shall also provide maintenance for System Equipment other than the tabulators. E. Ongoing Services 1. The County will provide tabulator testing and diagnostic services for tabulators housed at the County, including backups. 2. The County shall purchase tabulators, in addition to those listed in Appendix A, if requested by a Municipality following a final decision on redistricting in Minnesota and thereafter throughout the term of this Agreement, on written request from the municipality. If requested in 2001 or 2002, payment for the additional tabulator(s) shall be invoiced in accordance with the payment decision made by the municipality for the initial tabulator purchase. If requested in 2003 or thereafter, payment for the additional tabulator(s) shall be invoiced in the year of the request. Elections JPA 3 of25 Page 31