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DocuSign Envelope ID: E3832BB2-5555-45C8-AA23-E05300514E38 <br /> Anoka County Contract No. C0008996 <br /> JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT BETWEEN <br /> ANOKA COUNTY AND THE MUNICIPALITIES, TOWNSHIPS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS <br /> IN ANOKA COUNTY <br /> TO ALLOCATE COSTS FOR ELECTION EXPENSES <br /> This is a joint Powers Agreement ("JPA") between the County of Anoka ("County") and THE <br /> MUNICIPALITIES, TOWNSHIPS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN ANOKA COUNTY <br /> ("Governmental Entities") entered into pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 471.59, for the purchase, <br /> maintenance and use of election equipment, including conducting elections, by the County on <br /> behalf of the County and the Governmental Entities. <br /> Section 1 <br /> Term <br /> 1. This JPA shall be in effect for a four-year term, beginning January 1, 2022 until <br /> December 31, 2025, subject to automatic renewal on January 1 of each subsequent <br /> calendar year beginning January 1, 2026. <br /> Section 2 <br /> Contract Termination <br /> 2. During the initial four-year term, this JPA may only be terminated by written agreement of <br /> the County with the affected Governmental Entity. Beginning January 1, 2026, a <br /> Governmental Entity's participation in this agreement may be terminated by that <br /> Governmental Entity providing written notice to the remaining parties no later than June 1 of <br /> any year, effective on January 1 of the following year. <br /> Upon termination of the agreement, all right, title, and interest in any election equipment <br /> purchased by the County under the terms of this agreement for use by the Governmental <br /> Entity shall remain with the County. Any Governmental Entity withdrawing from this <br /> agreement assumes all costs, responsibilities and liabilities related to the purchase, <br /> maintenance and use of voting equipment in the conduct of elections in that jurisdiction. <br /> Any amounts of the Governmental Entity's share of the cost of procurement of the Voting <br /> Equipment System and their proportional share of any other costs incurred by the County on <br /> their behalf that remain unpaid as of the date of termination shall become immediately due <br /> and payable by the Governmental Entity to the County. <br /> Section 3 <br /> Voting Equipment System Definition <br /> 3. For purposes of this agreement, the Anoka County Voting Equipment System means a <br /> system in which the voter records votes by means of marking a ballot, so that votes may <br /> be counted by automatic tabulating equipment in the polling place where the <br /> ballot is cast or at a counting center. An electronic voting system includes automatic <br /> tabulating equipment; non-electronic ballot markers; electronic ballot markers, <br /> including electronic ballot display, audio ballot reader, and devices by which the voter will <br /> register the voter's voting intent; software used to program automatic tabulators <br /> and layout ballots; computer programs used to accumulate precinct results; ballots; <br /> system documentation; and system testing as well as software used to manage the <br /> Page 1 of 11 <br />