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25 <br />C. Payments <br />The County shall invoice a Municipality after the initial delivery of County - <br />tested ballot counters, ballot boxes, and ballot marking devices to the <br />Municipality. If a Municipality will pay over a period of 2-5 years, the County <br />will invoice the Municipality its appropriate annual sum along with the invoice <br />for annual operating costs. Payment shall be made within thirty (30) calendar <br />days of the date of the invoice. <br />2. On or about June 1 of each calendar year during the term of this Agreement <br />including any extensions, the County will invoice the Municipalities for their <br />share of Operating Costs for the next calendar year. The total amount of the <br />invoices will be calculated based on the actual Operating Costs incurred by the <br />County in the previous calendar year, with adjustments made to account for <br />increases or decreases in anticipated operating costs. The Municipalities shall <br />make payment to the County within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of the <br />invoice. <br />If the County provides maintenance services through the System vendor on a <br />time and materials basis, a Municipality that requires maintenance services will <br />contact the County for the services and the County will contact the vendor. The <br />requesting Municipality will be invoiced directly by the vendor, and will be <br />individually responsible for the cost of the services received, with no right to <br />reimbursement from the County. <br />4. If requested by a Municipality, the County shall invoice the School District(s) to <br />pay a proportion of the Municipalities' annual cost for Operating Services using <br />either: a) the cost-sharing methodology provided in the Minnesota Election Law; <br />or b) another methodology developed by the County, in consultation with the <br />Municipalities. The County will invoice the School District(s) for their <br />proportion of the costs and payments will be made directly by the School <br />Distriet(s) to the County. <br />5. Payment of interest and disputes shall be governed by the provisions of Minn. <br />Stat. § 471.425. <br />D. Proceeds from sale or lease of old equipment <br />The County shall determine if any existing voting equipment, including but not limited to <br />ballot counters, ballot marking devices and related hardware will be sold or leased in <br />conjunction with the purchase of the System. The County shall apply the proceeds of any <br />sale or lease of existing voting equipment, including but not limited to ballot counters and <br />ballot marking devices, toward the Municipalities' payment of Implementation Costs of <br />Post -Implementation Costs. <br />Joint Powers Agreement for New Voting System -2013 Page 9 01,19 <br />