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Page 1 of 11 Anoka County Contract No. _____________ JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT BETWEEN ANOKA COUNTY AND THE MUNICIPALITIES, TOWNSHIPS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN ANOKA COUNTY TO ALLOCATE COSTS FOR ELECTION EXPENSES This is a joint Powers Agreement (“JPA”) between the County of Anoka (“County”) and THE MUNICIPALITIES, TOWNSHIPS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN ANOKA COUNTY (“Governmental Entities”) entered into pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 471.59, for the purchase, maintenance and use of election equipment, including conducting elections, by the County on behalf of the County and the Governmental Entities. Section 1 Term 1. This JPA shall be in effect for a four-year term, beginning January 1, 2022 until December 31, 2025, subject to automatic renewal on January 1 of each subsequent calendar year beginning January 1, 2026. Section 2 Contract Termination 2. During the initial four-year term, this JPA may only be terminated by written agreement of the County with the affected Governmental Entity. Beginning January 1, 2026, a Governmental Entity’s participation in this agreement may be terminated by that Governmental Entity providing written notice to the remaining parties no later than June 1 of any year, effective on January 1 of the following year. Upon termination of the agreement, all right, title, and interest in any election equipment purchased by the County under the terms of this agreement for use by the Governmental Entity shall remain with the County. Any Governmental Entity withdrawing from this agreement assumes all costs, responsibilities and liabilities related to the purchase, maintenance and use of voting equipment in the conduct of elections in that jurisdiction. Any amounts of the Governmental Entity’s share of the cost of procurement of the Voting Equipment System and their proportional share of any other costs incurred by the County on their behalf that remain unpaid as of the date of termination shall become immediately due and payable by the Governmental Entity to the County. Section 3 Voting Equipment System Definition 3. For purposes of this agreement, the Anoka County Voting Equipment System means a system in which the voter records votes by means of marking a ballot, so that votes may be counted by automatic tabulating equipment in the polling place where the ballot is cast or at a counting center. An electronic voting system includes automatic tabulating equipment; non -electronic ballot markers; electronic ballot markers, including electronic ballot display, audio ballot reader, and devices by which the voter will register the voter's voting intent; software used to program automatic tabulators and layout ballots; computer programs used to accumulate precinct results; ballots; system documentation; and system testing as well as software used to manage the