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Costs shall not exceed $ 1.,500,000.00 (one million five hundred thousand dollars) for <br />the RCV elections to be held in November of 2010. <br />Each City agrees and understands that the RCV Setup Costs described above are in <br />addition to the normal costs of conducting an election on each City's behalf. Each City <br />remains responsible for these election costs. Such costs include, by way of example, <br />the tallying of the votes, post-election processing, staffing of polling places, <br />canvassing, etc. <br />c. Allocation and Reimbursement of Costs: Each City's Proportionate Share shall be <br />determined by dividing the number of registered voters in each of the participating <br />Cities by the total number of registered voters in all of the participating Cities. The <br />total number of registered voters for each of the Cities shall be determined according <br />to the Registrar's last official report of registration to the Secretary of State prior to <br />the election for which an invoice for each City's Proportionate Share was issued by <br />the County. The allocation for 2010 is set forth in Exhibit A hereto. The allocation <br />in Exhibit A is subject to change if any City or Cities decide not to hold an RCV <br />election and terminate its or their participation in this MOU. In such cases, the <br />allocation for each participating City will be recalculated as outlined in this section. <br />Other jurisdictions within Alameda County that adopt RCV shall reimburse the Cities <br />for their Setup Costs, and shall pay the County/Registrar for their ongoing costs, <br />according to a formula agreed upon in writing by all parties to this MOU. <br />d. The County/Registrar shall require any jurisdiction that adopts RCV to become a party <br />to this MOU as a condition of conducting RCV elections for that jurisdiction. Prior to <br />the accession of a new party, all parties shall negotiate in good faith to agree upon an <br />equitable formula for determining the amount in which the new party shall reimburse <br />the Cities for a fair share of the Setup Costs they have incurred, and for sharing the <br />costs of RCV after accession. <br />e. If the County/Registrar desires to change to a vendor other than Sequoia, Inc., or accept <br />an upgrade or other RCV implementation software or hardware that incurs more than <br />one-half the Setup Cost, it shall give 90 days advance notice to all other parties. Upon <br />such notice, all parties shall negotiate in good faith to agree upon an equitable formula <br />for determining the amount, if any, that the Cities should be required to reimburse the <br />County/Registrar for a fair share of the new Setup Costs directly attributable to RCV. <br />4. PAYMENT: For conducting RCV elections in accordance with this MOU, each of the <br />Cities shall reimburse the Registrar as provided herein. <br />Once the Registrar enters into an agreement or amendment with Sequoia, Inc. to <br />upgrade its voting equipment and software to conduct RCV elections and receives an <br />invoice from the vendor, the Registrar shall bill each of the Cities for its Proportionate <br />Share of that invoice for upgrading its voting equipment and software. The Cities shall <br />3 <br />