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COMMISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST
PLEASE FURNISH ONE ORIGINAL AND TEN COPIES OF THIS REpUEST AND DOCUMENTS
TO BE REVIEWED BY THE COURT.
MADE BY: Jannett Pieper
MEETING DATE: November 28, 2005
Office: County Clerk
TIME PREFERRED: AM
SUBJECT: (Please Be Specific)
Consider discuss and take appropriate action approving the Rental Fee for the electronic
voting equipment as per the Texas Election Code.
Sec. 123.032 (d) 10% of the purchase price for KISD, IISD, CPISD, HISD, DISD,
Kerrville City, Ingram City, Headwaters and any other entity and per
Sec. 123.033 (e) $5.00 for each unit and/or other equipment for Political Parties
EXECUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED: (PLEASE STATE REASON):
NAME OF PERSON ADDRESSING COURT: Jannett Pieper
ESTIMATED LENGTH OF PRESENTATION: 3 minutes
IF PERSONNEL MATTER -NAME OF EMPLOYEE
Time for submitting this request for Court to assure that the matter is posted in accordance with 'Title 5,
Chapter 551 and 552, Government Code, is as follows:
Meeting schedule for Mondays: 5:00 P.M. previous Tuesday
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED BY:
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED ON:
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All Agenda Requests will be screened by the County Judge's Office to determine if adequate information i;as
been prepared for the Court's formal consideration and action at time of Court Meetings. Your cooperation
§ 123.032. ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OTHER THAN COUNTY. (a) A
political subdivision other than a county may contract to acquire the equipment necessary
for operating a voting system as provided by this section.
(b) A political subdivision may lease the equipment from a county in which to
political subdivision is wholly or partly situated. If the desired equipment is not
available from the county, the political subdivision may acquire it by purchase,
lease, or other means from any other source.
(c) If a political subdivision desires to lease equipment owned by a county in
which the political subdivision is wholly or partly situated, the county shall lease _he
equipment to the political subdivision under the terms agreed to by the parties, exc e_t
that the county's duty to lease the equipment is subject to reasonable restrictions a.,d
conditions imposed by the commissioners court to:
(1) ensure availability oY the equipment in elections for which the
commissioners court adopted the voting system; and
(2) protect the equipment from misuse or damage.
(d) The maximum amount that a county in which a political subdivision is who ly
or partly situated may r_harge the political subdivision for leasing county-owned
equipment is 10 percent of the purchase price of the equipment for each day the equipment
is leased.
~ 123.033. ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT BY POLITICAL PARTY FOR PRIMARY. (a) A
political party's county executive committee that desires to use a voting system for
primary election must acquire the equipment necessary for operating the voting system as
provided by this section.
(b) The county executive committee may contract to lease the equipment from the
county. If the equipment desired is not available from the county, the county executive
committee may contract to lease it from any other source.
(c) If the county executive committee desires to lease equipment owned by th~•
county served by the committee, the county shall lease the equipment to the committee
under the terms agreed to by the parties, except that the county's duty to lease the
equipment is subject to reasonable restrictions and conditions imposed by the
commissioners court to:
(1) ensure availability of the equipment in elections for which the
commissioners court adopted the voting system; and
(2) protect the equipment from misuse or damage.
(d) A county is not required to provide a political party's county executive
committee with equipment for use in an election precinct in which fewer than 100 votes
were cast in the political party's most recent general or runoff primary.
(e) The maximum amount that may be charged for leasing equipment to a county
executive committee for a general or runoff
primary is:
(1) $16 for each mechanical voting machine;
(2) $5 for each unit of electronic voting system equipment installed at a
polling place; and
(3) $5 for each unit of other equipment not specified by this subsection.
(f) In addition to the amount a county may charge for leasing its equipment
under Subsection (e), a county may charge a county executive committee for the actual
expenses incurred by the county in:
(1) transporting the equipment to and from the polling places;
(2) preparing the equipment for use in the primary election; and
(3) operating a central counting station for the primary election.
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SCHEDULE A
EQUIPMENT AND PRICING
UANTITY	MODEL	DESCRIPTION	UNIT PRICE	TOTAL PRICE
Hardware				
24	eSlate 3000TM.	Electronic	$2,500.00	$60,000.00
		Voting		
		A ]fiance.		
21	DAU SOOOTM	Disabled Access	$500.00	$10,500.00
	Upgrade.	Unit voting unit		
		u de.		
21	JBC IOOOT"'.	lodge's Booth	$2,500.00	$52,500.00
		Controller.		
23	eScanTM.	Precinct Ballot	$4,500.00	$103,500.00
		Digital Imaging.		
1	eSlateTM Voting	Voting booths	Included.	No Charge.
	Booths.	for the eSlate		
		3000TM.		
21	eSlate DAUTM	Voting booths	Included.	No Charge.
	Voting Booths,	for the Disabled		
		Access Unit		
		votin units.		
6S	Mobile Ballot	Mobile Ballot	Included.	No Chazge.
	BoxesTM(MBBTMS).	Boxes.		
70	Additional Mobile	Spare MBBTMS.	$59.25	$4,147.50
	Ballot BoxesTM.			
3	eSlateTM Caddy.	Storage caddy	Included.	No Charge.
		for 8 voting		
		booths.		
Soflwaze				
1	Election	TallyTM and	$15,100.00	$15,100.00
	Management	Servo''"'		
	Software System.	electronic voting		
		s stem software.		
PC Hazdwaze				
t	Personal	PC	S3,000.00	$3,000.00
	Computers.	workstations.		
1	Notebook	For use with	$3,500.00	$3,500.00
	Computers.	ServoTM		
		software.		
1	Laser Printer.	Low-volume	$850.00	$850.00
		laser printer.		
1	MBBTM"Card	ATAcazd	$125.00	$125.00
	Reader.	reader.		
2	eCM.	Electronic	$60.00	$120.00
		security key.		
Services				
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