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24 <br />C. The Municipalities will provide the funds to reimburse the County for the System <br />Equipment identified as the responsibility of the Municipalities in Appendix A. <br />VIII. COST ALLOCATION/PAYMENT <br />A. Cost Allocation -Implementation Costs <br />Each of the Municipalities will reimburse the County for the cost of the number <br />of ballot counters, ballot boxes, and ballot marking devices required by that <br />Municipality in accordance with the pricing in Appendix A. 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. the total number and each Municipality's percentage of ballot <br />counters and ballot marking devices may be adjusted throughout 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 devices over time, the total amount to be paid will <br />include their proportionate share of any financing 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 period from two to five years. <br />B. Cost Allocation-Post-linplementatimt/Operating Services <br />I. There will be no charge to the Municipalities for ballot layout for all elections, <br />ballot printing for State and county elections or for memory device programming. <br />2. The Municipalities will pay the County's costs for Operating Services on an <br />annual basis. <br />3. The cost of Operating Services will be calculated to include costs for the items <br />listed in Section IILB.-E. of this Agreement and, until repaid in full, the <br />implementation Costs described in Section VIII.A.2. <br />4. Except as identified as the responsibility of a Party to this Agreement, annual <br />costs for Operating Services will be allocated as follows: <br />a. using the percentage of the total number of ballot counters requested by <br />the Municipality as a proportion of the total number of ballot counters <br />requested by all Municipalities for 80%, and using 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 County for 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 />Joint Powers Agreement fbr New Voting System -2013 Page 8 of 19 <br />