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R-11-12-15-11D1 - 12/15/2011RESOLUTION NO. R -11-12-15-11D1 WHEREAS, the City of Round Rock has contracted with Travis County to conduct and provide election services on November 8, 2011; and WHEREAS, other political subdivisions have contracted or are contracting with Travis County to conduct and provide election services on November 8, 2011; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 271.002, Texas Election Code, political subdivisions of the State of Texas are authorized to hold elections jointly in voting precincts that can be served by common polling places if elections are ordered by the authorities of two or more political subdivisions to be held on the same day in all or part of the same territory; and WHEREAS, the City of Round Rock wishes to enter into a Joint Election Agreement For November 8, 2011 Elections ("Agreement') for the purpose of sharing election equipment, election officials, and sharing precinct polling locations, and election ballots where appropriate; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to enter into the Agreement with Travis County, Now Therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, That the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the City, the Agreement with Travis County, a copy of said Agreement being attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein for all purposes. The City Council hereby finds and declares that written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of the meeting at which this Resolution was adopted was posted and that such meeting was open to the public as required by law at all times during which this Resolution and the subject matter hereof were discussed, considered and formally acted upon, all as required by the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended. O:\wdox\SCCInIs\Ol 12\1 104\MUNICIPAL\002391 17.DOC/rmc RESOLVED this 15th day of December, 2011. ALAN MCGRAW, Mayor City of Round Rock, Texas ATTEST: SARA L. WHITE, City Secretary JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT FOR NOVEMBER 8, 2011 ELECTIONS EXHIBIT „A» l Travis County (the "County") will be conducting a general and special election on November 8, 2011. The Participating Entities listed in Exhibit A, which is attached to and incorporated into this agreement, require elections to be held on November 8, 2011 in those portions of Travis County as shown on the maps and metes and bounds descriptions in Exhibit B, also attached to and incorporated into this agreement. Under Section 271.002, Texas Election Code, Texas's political subdivisions are authorized to hold elections jointly in voting precincts that common polling places can serve, if two or more political subdivisions' authorities order elections to be held on the same day in all or part of the same territory. And Texas Government Code Chapter 791 authorizes local governments to contract with one another and with state agencies for various governmental functions, including those in which the contracting parties are mutually interested. It would benefit the County, the Participating Entities and their respective citizens and voters to hold the elections jointly in the election precincts that common polling places can serve. Thus, the County and the Participating Entities enter into this joint election agreement. I. Scope of Joint Election Agreement This agreement covers conducting the November 8, 2011 Joint General and Special Elections for the parties to this agreement to be held on November 8, 2011. The County and the Entities will hold these elections on November 8, 2011 ("Election Day") jointly for the voters in those portions of Travis County identified on the maps and descriptions in Exhibit B. II. Election Officer The Participating Entities hereby appoint the Travis County Clerk, the election officer for Travis County, as the election officer to perform or supervise the County's duties and responsibilities involved in conducting the joint election covered by this agreement. III. Early Voting Each of the Participating Entities agrees to conduct its early voting jointly. Each of the Participating Entities appoints the Travis County Clerk, the early voting clerk for Travis County, as the early voting clerk for the joint election. Early voting for the Participating Entities will be conducted at the dates, times, and locations to be mutually agreed upon by the election officer and authorized and ordered by the governing body of each Participating Entity. A. County Responsibilities 1. The County will provide to the governing body of each Participating Entity a list of places, times, and dates of early voting suitable for consideration and adoption by the governing body, under Texas Election Code chapter 85. 257695-1 064 2. The Travis County Clerk, as the joint early voting clerk, will be responsible for conducting early voting by mail and by personal appearance for all Travis County voters voting in the joint election. The Travis County Clerk will receive from each Participating Entity's regular early voting clerk applications for early voting ballots to be voted by mail, under Texas Election Code Title 7. The Travis County Clerk will send early voting ballots by mail and receive early voting ballots for early voting by mail. And the Travis County Clerk may appoint such deputy early voting clerks as necessary to assist the Travis County Clerk with voting to take place at the early voting locations. 3. The County will determine the number of election workers to hire to conduct early voting in the joint election. The Travis County Clerk will arrange or contract for training for all election workers and will assign all election workers employed for early voting in the joint election. The training of these election workers is mandatory; these individuals will be compensated for their time in training. The County will provide a training facility for election schools to train election workers employed in conducting early voting, including the mobile early voting program, early voting by personal appearance at main and temporary branch early voting polling places, early voting by mail, and other aspects of the early voting program for the joint election. The County will name early voting deputies and clerks employed to conduct early voting. 4. The County will provide and deliver all supplies and equipment necessary to conduct early voting for the joint election, including ballots, election forms, any necessary ramps, utility hook-ups, signs, registration lists and ballot boxes, to early voting polling places. The County will designate and confirm all early voting polling place locations. 5. The County will be responsible for preparing and transporting the electronic voting equipment necessary to conduct early voting. The County will perform all tests of voting equipment as required, including posting notice of equipment testing. 6. Under Election Code sections 66.058 and 271.010, the Participating Entities appoint the Travis County Clerk as the joint custodian of records for the sole purpose of preserving all voted ballots securely in a locked room in the locked ballot boxes for the preservation period that the Election Code requires. 7. The County will receive ballot language in both English and Spanish from each Participating Entity and format the ballots as needed to include these languages. The County will provide each Participating Entity with a final proof of ballot language for approval before final programming of the ballots. Upon final proof approval, ballots will be printed in an expedited timeframe so as to allow for the ballot mail outs for the Early Voting by Mail Program. 8. A single joint voter sign -in process consisting of a common list of registered voters, and common signature rosters will be used for early voting. A single, combined ballot and single ballot box will be used. The County will use an electronic voting system, as defined and described in Texas Election Code Title 8, and agrees to use ballots that are compatible with such equipment. 257695-1 064 9. The County will be responsible for conducting the Early Voting Ballot Board. The County will designate a person to serve as the presiding judge for the Early Voting Ballot Board and will provide that information to the governing body of each Participating Entity for entry of an order by that authority appointing this official. The presiding judge for the Early Voting Ballot Board is eligible to serve in this capacity. The presiding judge for the Early Voting Ballot Board will appoint two or more election clerks, and the judge and clerks will compose the Early Voting Ballot Board and will count and return early voting ballots, and perform other duties the Election Code requires of it. B. Participating Entities' Responsibilities 1. Each Participating Entity will appoint a qualified person to serve as the regular early voting clerk for the Participating Entity. The regular early voting clerk for each respective Participating Entity will receive requests for applications for early voting ballots to be voted by mail and will forward in a timely manner, as prescribed by law, any and all applications for early voting ballots to be voted by mail, received in the Entity's office, to the Travis County Clerk. 2. Each Participating Entity will appoint a qualified person to act as custodian of records for the Participating Entity to perform the duties imposed by the Election Code on the custodian of records for its respective entity. 3. Each Participating Entity will provide ballot language for the respective portion of the official ballot to the County in both English and Spanish. The Entity must make any additions, modifications, deletions, or other changes to such ballot contents or language before the Entity's final proof approval. The County will provide the Participating Entity with a final proof of ballot language, as it is to appear on the ballot, for final proof approval. Upon final proof approval, the ballot will be programmed for the voting equipment in an expedited timeframe so as to allow for the printed ballot mail outs for the Early Voting by Mail Program. IV. Election Day A. County Responsibilities 1. The County will designate and confirm all Election Day polling place locations for the joint election, and will forward such information to the Participating Entities in a timely fashion to allow the governing body of the respective Participating Entities to enter orders designating such polling places and for the Entities to submit to the U.S. Department of Justice for review before Election Day. 2. The County will designate the presiding election judge and the alternate presiding election judge to administer the election in the precinct in which a common polling place is to be used and will forward such information to the Participating Entities to allow the governing bodies of the respective Participating Entities to enter appropriate orders designating such officials before the election. The presiding election judge and alternate presiding election judge must be qualified voters of the Travis County election precinct in which the joint election is held. The presiding election judge for the precinct in which a common polling place is used may appoint election clerks as necessary to assist the judge in conducting the election at the precinct 257695-1 064 polling place. The alternate presiding election judge may be appointed as a clerk. The alternate presiding election judge may serve as the presiding election judge for the precinct in the presiding election judge's absence. Election judges and clerks will be compensated at the rate established by the County. The Texas Election Code and other applicable laws will determine compensable hours. 3. One set of election officials will preside over the election in the precinct using a common polling place. There will be a single joint voter sign -in process consisting of a common list of registered voters and common signature rosters in the precinct using a common polling place. A single, combined ballot and single ballot box will be used. The officer designated by law to be the custodian of the voted ballots for the County will be custodian of all materials used in common in the precinct using a common polling place. The County will use an electronic voting system, as defined and described by Texas Election Code Title 8, and agrees to use ballots that are compatible with such equipment. 4. The County will arrange for training and will provide the instructors, manuals and other training materials deemed necessary for training all judges and clerks. Training for election judges and alternate judges is mandatory, and these individuals will be compensated for their time in training. 5. The County will arrange for election -day voter registration precinct lists for the joint election. The County will determine the amount of election supplies needed for Election Day voting. 6. The County, by and through the County Clerk's Elections Division, and Administrative Operations, will be responsible for preparing and transporting voting equipment and election -day supplies for use on Election Day. 7. The County, by and through the County Voter Registrar, will provide the list of registered voters as needed in the overlapping jurisdictions identified in the attached exhibits, with designation of registered voters in each Participating Entity, for use at the joint election day polling place on Election Day. 8. The common polling place is designated as the polling place that the County uses. At the common polling place, a single ballot box will be used for depositing all ballots cast in the joint election. At this polling place, one voter registration list and one combination poll list and signature roster form will be kept for the joint election. The final returns for each Participating Entity and the County will be canvassed separately by each respective Participating Entity. The Travis County Clerk will maintain a return center on Election Day for the purpose of receiving returns from the County. The Travis County Clerk will provide unofficial election results to the qualified individual appointed by each Participating Entity. 9. On Election Day, the Travis County Clerk or the clerk's Elections Division will field all questions from election judges. 257695-1 064 10. The County will make available translators capable of speaking English and Spanish to assist Spanish-speaking voters in understanding and participating in the election process in the territory covered by this agreement. B. Participating Entities' Responsibilities 1. Before Election Day, each Participating Entity will answer questions from the public with respect to the Participating Entity's election during regular office hours of 8:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m. 2. The custodian of records for each Participating Entity will receive electronic returns from the Travis County Clerk on Election Day. V. Election Night A. County Responsibilities 1. The County will be responsible for all activities on election night, including setting up a central counting station, coordinating and supervising the results tabulation, coordinating and supervising the physical layout of the support stations that are the joint election's receiving substations, and coordinating and managing election media coverage. 2. The County is responsible for transporting voted ballot boxes to the central counting station. 3. The County will appoint the presiding judge and alternate presiding judge of the central counting station to maintain order at the central counting station, to administer oaths as necessary, to receive sealed ballot boxes, and to perform such other duties that the Texas Election Code requires, and will forward such information to each Participating Entity in a timely fashion to allow the governing body of each Participating Entity to enter appropriate orders designating such election officials before the election. The presiding judge of the central counting station may appoint clerks to serve at the central counting station. In addition, the County will appoint a tabulation supervisor to be in charge of operating the automatic tabulating equipment at the central counting station; an individual to serve as central counting station manager; and an assistant counting station manager to be in charge of administering the central counting station and generally supervising the personnel working at the central counting station. The County will forward such information to each Participating Entity in a timely fashion to allow the governing body of each Participating Entity to enter appropriate orders designating such election officials before the election. 4. The County will provide the Participating Entities with reasonable space in a public area adjacent to the central counting station at which each Participating Entity may have representatives or other interested persons present during the counting process. B. Participating Entities' Responsibilities 1. Other than receiving returns from the Travis County Clerk, the Participating Entities have no role or responsibility on the night of the election. 257695-1 064 VI. County Resources A. The County will provide the Elections Division permanent staff and offices to administer the joint election, under the Travis County Clerk's direction. B. For early voting, the County will provide a locked and secure area in which voted ballot boxes will be stored until the Early Voting Ballot Board convenes. The County, by and through Administrative Operations, will be responsible for transporting the ballot boxes to the central counting station for the Early Voting Ballot Board. C. The County will be responsible for providing and maintaining voting equipment and testing any voting equipment as required by the Texas Election Code. D. The County will process the payroll for all temporary staff hired to conduct the joint election. The payroll processing includes statutory reporting and providing W-2 forms where applicable. E. The County will conduct early voting as indicated in this agreement. VII. Joint Election Costs; Payment A. Transmitted with this agreement is a check payable to Travis County from each Participating Entity, in the amount equal to the deposit identified for each Entity in the Cost Estimate attached as Exhibit C, which is also incorporated into this agreement. This deposit represents approximately 75% of the costs of each Participating Entity's share of the estimated election costs. The County will submit an invoice to each Participating Entity for the balance of the Participating Entity's actual joint election expenses upon the election's completion. Joint - election expenses include expenses for facilities, personnel, supplies, and training that the County actually incurs for establishing and operating all early voting and election -day activities at the polling place in the joint election territory as well as activities related to tabulating votes, all as reflected on the Cost Estimate. Each Participating Entity will pay the total amount of its invoice within thirty (30) days of receiving it. B. In the event of a recount, the expense of the recount will be borne by the Participating Entity involved in the recount on a pro -rata basis. C. In the event a Participating Entity cancels its respective election because of unopposed candidates under Texas Election Code Title I, subchapter C, the Participating Entity will be responsible for its respective share of election expenses incurred through the date that the election is canceled as allocated to the cancelling entity based on the formula in the Cost Estimate, adjusted for the actual expenses incurred by the County through the date of the cancellation. When the Participating Entity cancels its election, the County will recalculate the allocation percentages among the remaining Entities according to the formula used in the Cost Estimate. 257695-1 064 D. In the event there are any expenses associated with processing a ballot arising from a declaration of a write-in candidate, the Participating Entity that received the declaration will bear the expenses. E. A Participating Entity that establishes an early voting polling place, other than one that was mutually agreed upon by all Participating Entities, will bear the expense of doing so. The Cost Estimate for each individual Participating Entity will include additional polling locations for each Participating Entity, as set forth in Exhibit C. VIII. General Provisions A. Legal Notices Each of the Participating Entities will be individually responsible for preparing the election orders, resolutions, notices, and other pertinent documents for adoption or execution by its own respective governing board and for all related expenses. Each of the Participating Entities will be individually responsible for obtaining appropriate preclearance, if necessary, from the United States Department of Justice. The Travis County Clerk will provide each Participating Entity information on changes affecting the Participating Entity's election, such as polling place changes and changes in voting equipment, when such changes are confirmed, verified, or otherwise become known to the clerk's office. Each of the Participating Entities will be individually responsible for posting or publishing election notices and for all related expenses. Each of the Participating Entities further will be individually responsible for election expenses incurred in relation to any polling place that is not a common polling place as designated in this agreement. B. Communication Throughout this agreement's term, the Travis County Clerk or the clerk's employee will meet as necessary with the designated representative of each Participating Entity to discuss and resolve any problems that might arise regarding the joint election. C. Custodian The Travis County Clerk will serve as the custodian of the keys to the ballot boxes for voted ballots in the joint election. D. Effective Date This agreement takes effect upon its complete execution by all Participating Entities and the County. The obligation of each Participating Entity to the County under this agreement will not end until the entity pays the County its share of the joint election costs. IX. Miscellaneous Provisions A. Amendment/Modification of Exhibits A, B, and C 257695-1 064 1. The Participating Entities acknowledge and agree that Exhibits A, B, and C may be amended to add or remove entities wishing to participate or cease participating in the agreement. The Participating Entities agree to future amendments of Exhibits A, B, and C and authorize the County to enter into such amendments without the Entities' having to sign the future amendments. The County agrees to notify all Participating Entities of any amendments to Exhibits A, B, and C. 2. Except as otherwise provided, this Agreement may not be amended in any respect whatsoever except by a further agreement in writing, duly executed by the parties to this agreement. No official, representative, agent, or employee of the County has any authority to modify this Agreement except by express authorization from the Travis County Commissioners Court. No official, representative, agent, or employee of any Participating Entity has any authority to modify this agreement except by express authorization from the governing body of the respective Participating Entity. The Travis County Clerk may propose necessary amendments to this agreement in writing in order to conduct the joint election smoothly and efficiently. The Travis County Commissioners Court and the governing body of the respective Participating Entity, however, must approve any proposal. B. Notice Any notice to be given in this agreement, by any party to the other, must be in writing and delivered personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the proper party at the addresses listed in Exhibit A. Each party may change the address for notice to it by giving notice of the change under this section's terms. C. Force Majeure In the event that the County cannot perform any of its obligations in this agreement or is interrupted or delayed by any occurrence not occasioned by its own conduct, whether it be an act of God, the result of war, riot, civil commotion, sovereign conduct, or like reason, then the County will be excused from performing for such period of time as is reasonably necessary after such occurrence to remedy its effects. D. Venue and Choice of Law The Participating Entities agree that venue for any dispute arising under this agreement will lie in the appropriate courts of Austin, Travis County, Texas. This agreement is governed by and construed under the laws of Texas and the United States of America. E. Entire Agreement This agreement contains the parties' entire agreement relating to the rights granted and the obligations assumed in it, and it supersedes all prior agreements, including prior election services contracts relating to each Participating Entity's November 8, 2011 election. Any prior 257695-1 064 agreements, promises, negotiations, or representations not expressly contained in this agreement are of no force or effect. Any oral representations or modifications concerning this agreement have no force or effect, except a subsequent amendment in writing as this agreement provides. F. Severability If any provision of this agreement is found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability will not affect the agreement's remaining provisions; and its parties will perform their obligations under the agreement's surviving terms and provisions. G. Breach In the event that any Participating Entity or the County breaches any of its obligations under this agreement, the non -breaching party will be entitled to pursue any and all rights and remedies allowed by law. H. Payments from Current Revenues Payments made by the Participating Entities in meeting their obligations under this agreement will be made from current revenue funds available to the governing body of the respective Participating Entity. Payments made by the County in meeting its obligations under this agreement will be made from current revenue funds available to the County. I. Other Instruments The Participating Entities agree that they will execute other and further instruments or any documents as may become necessary or convenient to effectuate and carry out this agreement's purposes. J. Third Party Beneficiaries Except as otherwise provided in this agreement, nothing in this agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any person, other than the parties to it, any of its benefits, rights or remedies. K. Other Joint Election Agreements The County and the Participating Entities expressly understand and acknowledge that each may enter into other joint election agreements with other political subdivisions, to be held on Election Day and at common polling places covered by this agreement, and that the addition of other political subdivisions as parties to this agreement will require amending Exhibits A, B, and C. L. Mediation 257695-I 064 When mediation is acceptable to both parties in resolving a dispute arising under this agreement, the parties agree to use a mutually agreed upon mediator, or a person appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction, for mediation as described in Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code section 154.023. Unless both parties are satisfied with the mediation's result, the mediation will not constitute a final and binding resolution to the dispute. All communications within the scope of the mediation will remain confidential as described in section 154.023, unless both parties agree, in writing, to waive the confidentiality. Despite this, the parties intend to fully comply with the Texas Open Meetings Act and the Texas Public Information Act whenever applicable. The term "confidential" as used in this agreement has the same meanings as defined and construed under the Texas Public Information Act and the Texas Open Meetings Act. M. Counterparts This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, all of which will be deemed originals and with the same effect as if all parties to it had signed the same document. All of such counterparts willl be construed together and will constitute one and the same agreement. The parties to this agreement have executed it in multiple copies, each of equal dignity, on this day of , 2011. 257695-1 064 TRAVIS COUNTY BY: BY: 257695-1 064 Samuel T. Biscoe County Judge Dana DeBeauvoir County Clerk PARTICIPATING ENTITIES Name of Participating Entity Address Name of Authorized Signatory Signature Date signed 257695-I 064 EXHIBIT A PARTICIPATING ENTITIES Municipalities City of Pflugerville City of Round Rock Villlage of Point Venture City of Webberville School Districts Lago Vista ISD Lake Travis ISD ESDS Travis County ESD 1 (North Lake Travis) Water Districts Williamson County WSIDD 3 (dual county with Travis) 257695-1 064 EXHIBIT B MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS 257695-1 064 JURISDICTIONS IN NOVEMBER 2011 ELECTION *`< 209 374 2 375 333 34 207 �`k`'� a 35 +, + 3 3 5 10 343 328 326 11 112 203 379 22 218 + 107 337 24 8 + 378 377 6 61 6 4 153 ;a, 2 231 Y3 154 60 138 338 141 + 105 Mn6'i1;' 318 ' ip '� r i 345 23 3 2 IS `y.+r� `•-- 318 -7r . 7 15 121 330 35 3 364 1 5 52 3 122 z 106 71430 129 L'r 7 124 LEGEND 361 354 347 2 3 4 Nil ELECTION PRECINCTS 349�': Nv+. 2 0 42 101 33 351 3 423 WATER DISTRICT a 440 431 R r wA co wal000 303 366 5 35 5 441 462 407 , Aad 367 360 5 4 SCHOOLS 355 463 450 401 tAGOVISTAISD 309 LJTRAVIS Iso 302 31 323 411 11 321 405 (TIES 404 3 402 PPLWERVILLE 310 RWNO ROCK i w6 NLLAGE OP—NT VENTURE +Uis IRI tl{+ VkLME OF MINTER-LE a 5 ESO 403 ' ESU 1 PnpouCANwuYen �. . EBD+ EXHIBIT C COST ESTIMATE 257695-1 064 O J W > Z W OWjGW>� >�ZDa1Q I u O ck W z z a F Salaries Permanent Employee 0701 Regular Salaries, Temps 0801 OT Security 1101 FICA Tax - OASDI 2002 Hospitalization 2003 Life Insurance 2004 Retirement 2005 Worker's Comp 2006 FICA Tax - Medicare 2007 Total Personnel EDay Worker Delivery Fee 6007 Polling Locations 6105 Printing and Mailing 7514 Office Equip, Furn & Supp 3001 Cellular Air Time 4106 Posting and Publishing 6029 Mileage 4202 Rent -Other Mach & Equip 6104 Consulting Voter Registration Support 4007 Consulting Enight Support 4007 Operations Total Grand Total 2011 Costs Nov -11 2012 Costs Nov -11 Total Budget Nov -11 $ 84,752.00 $ 51,487.20 $136,239.20 59,680.00 389,512.00 449,192.00 - 26,218.36 26,218.36 8,954.78 28,967.49 37,922.27 17,431.87 23,244.06 40,675.93 200.92 242.09 443.01 9,695.63 9,016.16 18,711.79 281.64 911.07 1,192.72 2,094.26 6,774.65 8,868.92 183,091.11 536,373.08 719,464.20 6,000.00 6,000.00 18,000.00 18,000.00 35,000.00 15,000.00 50,000.00 10,000.00 13,000.00 23,000.00 3,000.00 15, 000.00 18, 000.00 300.00 36,000.00 36,300.00 100.00 400.00 500.00 18,000.00 18,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,500.00 48,400.00 $ 231,491.11 122,900.00 $ 659,273.08 171,300.00 $ 890,764.20 City Council Agenda Summary Sheet Agenda Item No. *11D1. Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a "Joint Election Agreement for Agenda Caption: November 8, 2011 Elections" with Travis County participating entities. Meeting Date: December 15, 2011 Department: Administration Staff Person making presentation: Sara White City Clerk Item Summary: Joint Election agreements are necessary to help with the costs of elections, and allows all participating entities to share in polling locations, election supplies, judges, etc. This agreement is specific only to the election recently held on November 8, 2011. Please note: this Joint Election Agreement is for Travis County only. The City currently has a multi-year joint election agreement with Williamson County participating entities already in force. Cost: $150.00 Source of Funds: General Fund Date of Public Hearing (if required): N/A Recommended Action: Approval EXECUTED DOCUMENTS FOLLOW JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT FOR NOVEMBER 8, 2011 ELECTIONS Travis County (the "County") will be conducting a general and special election on November 8, 2011. The Participating Entities listed in Exhibit A, which is attached to and incorporated into this agreement, require elections to be held on November 8, 2011 in those portions of Travis County as shown on the maps and metes and bounds descriptions in Exhibit B, also attached to and incorporated into this agreement. Under Section 271.002, Texas Election Code, Texas's political subdivisions are authorized to hold elections jointly in voting precincts that common polling places can serve, if two or more political subdivisions' authorities order elections to be held on the same day in all or part of the same territory. And Texas Government Code Chapter 791 authorizes local governments to contract with one another and with state agencies for various governmental functions, including those in which the contracting parties are mutually interested. It would benefit the County, the Participating Entities and their respective citizens and voters to hold the elections jointly in the election precincts that common polling places can serve. Thus, the County and the Participating Entities enter into this joint election agreement. I. Scope of Joint Election Agreement This agreement covers conducting the November 8, 2011 Joint General and Special Elections for the parties to this agreement to be held on November 8, 2011. The County and the Entities will hold these elections on November 8, 2011 ("Election Day") jointly for the voters in those portions of Travis County identified on the maps and descriptions in Exhibit B. II. Election Officer The Participating Entities hereby appoint the Travis County Clerk, the election officer for Travis County, as the election officer to perform or supervise the County's duties and responsibilities involved in conducting the joint election covered by this agreement. III. Early Voting Each of the Participating Entities agrees to conduct its early voting jointly. Each of the Participating Entities appoints the Travis County Clerk, the early voting clerk for Travis County, as the early voting clerk for the joint election. Early voting for the Participating Entities will be conducted at the dates, times, and locations to be mutually agreed upon by the election officer and authorized and ordered by the governing body of each Participating Entity. A. County Responsibilities 1. The County will provide to the governing body of each Participating Entity a list of places, times, and dates of early voting suitable for consideration and adoption by the governing body, under Texas Election Code chapter 85. 257695-1 064 Q. -a- S-lUt j 2. The Travis County Clerk, as the joint early voting clerk, will be responsible for conducting early voting by mail and by personal appearance for all Travis County voters voting in the joint election. The Travis County Clerk will receive from each Participating Entity's regular early voting clerk applications for early voting ballots to be voted by mail, under Texas Election Code Title 7. The Travis County Clerk will send early voting ballots by mail and receive early voting ballots for early voting by mail. And the Travis County Clerk may appoint such deputy early voting clerks as necessary to assist the Travis County Clerk with voting to take place at the early voting locations. 3. The County will determine the number of election workers to hire to conduct early voting in the joint election. The Travis County Clerk will arrange or contract for training for all election workers and will assign all election workers employed for early voting in the joint election. The training of these election workers is mandatory; these individuals will be compensated for their time in training. The County will provide a training facility for election schools to train election workers employed in conducting early voting, including the mobile early voting program, early voting by personal appearance at main and temporary branch early voting polling places, early voting by mail, and other aspects of the early voting program for the joint election. The County will name early voting deputies and clerks employed to conduct early voting. 4. The County will provide and deliver all supplies and equipment necessary to conduct early voting for the joint election, including ballots, election forms, any necessary ramps, utility hook-ups, signs, registration lists and ballot boxes, to early voting polling places. The County will designate and confirm all early voting polling place locations. 5. The County will be responsible for preparing and transporting the electronic voting equipment necessary to conduct early voting. The County will perform all tests of voting equipment as required, including posting notice of equipment testing. 6. Under Election Code sections 66.058 and 271.010, the Participating Entities appoint the Travis County Clerk as the joint custodian of records for the sole purpose of preserving all voted ballots securely in a locked room in the locked ballot boxes for the preservation period that the Election Code requires. 7. The County will receive ballot language in both English and Spanish from each Participating Entity and format the ballots as needed to include these languages. The County will provide each Participating Entity with a final proof of ballot language for approval before final programming of the ballots. Upon final proof approval, ballots will be printed in an expedited timeframe so as to allow for the ballot mail outs for the Early Voting by Mail Program. 8. A single joint voter sign -in process consisting of a common list of registered voters, and common signature rosters will be used for early voting. A single, combined ballot and single ballot box will be used. The County will use an electronic voting system, as defined and described in Texas Election Code Title 8, and agrees to use ballots that are compatible with such equipment. 257695-1 064 9. The County will be responsible for conducting the Early Voting Ballot Board. The County will designate a person to serve as the presiding judge for the Early Voting Ballot Board and will provide that information to the governing body of each Participating Entity for entry of an order by that authority appointing this official. The presiding judge for the Early Voting Ballot Board is eligible to serve in this capacity. The presiding judge for the Early Voting Ballot Board will appoint two or more election clerks, and the judge and clerks will compose the Early Voting Ballot Board and will count and return early voting ballots, and perform other duties the Election Code requires of it. B. Participating Entities' Responsibilities 1. Each Participating Entity will appoint a qualified person to serve as the regular early voting clerk for the Participating Entity. The regular early voting clerk for each respective Participating Entity will receive requests for applications for early voting ballots to be voted by mail and will forward in a timely manner, as prescribed by law, any and all applications for early voting ballots to be voted by mail, received in the Entity's office, to the Travis County Clerk. 2. Each Participating Entity will appoint a qualified person to act as custodian of records for the Participating Entity to perform the duties imposed by the Election Code on the custodian of records for its respective entity. 3. Each Participating Entity will provide ballot language for the respective portion of the official ballot to the County in both English and Spanish. The Entity must make any additions, modifications, deletions, or other changes to such ballot contents or language before the Entity's final proof approval. The County will provide the Participating Entity with a final proof of ballot language, as it is to appear on the ballot, for final proof approval. Upon final proof approval, the ballot will be programmed for the voting equipment in an expedited timeframe so as to allow for the printed ballot mail outs for the Early Voting by Mail Program. IV. Election Day A. County Responsibilities 1. The County will designate and confirm all Election Day polling place locations for the joint election, and will forward such information to the Participating Entities in a timely fashion to allow the governing body of the respective Participating Entities to enter orders designating such polling places and for the Entities to submit to the U.S. Department of Justice for review before Election Day. 2. The County will designate the presiding election judge and the alternate presiding election judge to administer the election in the precinct in which a common polling place is to be used and will forward such information to the Participating Entities to allow the governing bodies of the respective Participating Entities to enter appropriate orders designating such officials before the election. The presiding election judge and alternate presiding election judge must be qualified voters of the Travis County election precinct in which the joint election is held. The presiding election judge for the precinct in which a common polling place is used may appoint election clerks as necessary to assist the judge in conducting the election at the precinct 257695-1 064 polling place. The alternate presiding election judge may be appointed as a clerk. The alternate presiding election judge may serve as the presiding election judge for the precinct in the presiding election judge's absence. Election judges and clerks will be compensated at the rate established by the County. The Texas Election Code and other applicable laws will determine compensable hours. 3. One set of election officials will preside over the election in the precinct using a common polling place. There will be a single joint voter sign -in process consisting of a common list of registered voters and common signature rosters in the precinct using a common polling place. A single, combined ballot and single ballot box will be used. The officer designated by law to be the custodian of the voted ballots for the County will be custodian of all materials used in common in the precinct using a common polling place. The County will use an electronic voting system, as defined and described by Texas Election Code Title 8, and agrees to use ballots that are compatible with such equipment. 4. The County will arrange for training and will provide the instructors, manuals and other training materials deemed necessary for training all judges and clerks. Training for election judges and alternate judges is mandatory, and these individuals will be compensated for their time in training. 5. The County will arrange for election -day voter registration precinct lists for the joint election. The County will determine the amount of election supplies needed for Election Day voting. 6. The County, by and through the County Clerk's Elections Division, and Administrative Operations, will be responsible for preparing and transporting voting equipment and election -day supplies for use on Election Day. 7. The County, by and through the County Voter Registrar, will provide the list of registered voters as needed in the overlapping jurisdictions identified in the attached exhibits, with designation of registered voters in each Participating Entity, for use at the joint election day polling place on Election Day. 8. The common polling place is designated as the polling place that the County uses. At the common polling place, a single ballot box will be used for depositing all ballots cast in the joint election. At this polling place, one voter registration list and one combination poll list and signature roster form will be kept for the joint election. The final returns for each Participating Entity and the County will be canvassed separately by each respective Participating Entity. The Travis County Clerk will maintain a return center on Election Day for the purpose of receiving returns from the County. The Travis County Clerk will provide unofficial election results to the qualified individual appointed by each Participating Entity. 9. On Election Day, the Travis County Clerk or the clerk's Elections Division will field all questions from election judges. 257695-1 064 10. The County will make available translators capable of speaking English and Spanish to assist Spanish-speaking voters in understanding and participating in the election process in the territory covered by this agreement. B. Participating Entities' Responsibilities 1. Before Election Day, each Participating Entity will answer questions from the public with respect to the Participating Entity's election during regular office hours of 8:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m. 2. The custodian of records for each Participating Entity will receive electronic returns from the Travis County Clerk on Election Day. V. Election Night A. County Responsibilities 1. The County will be responsible for all activities on election night, including setting up a central counting station, coordinating and supervising the results tabulation, coordinating and supervising the physical layout of the support stations that are the joint election's receiving substations, and coordinating and managing election media coverage. 2. The County is responsible for transporting voted ballot boxes to the central counting station. 3. The County will appoint the presiding judge and alternate presiding judge of the central counting station to maintain order at the central counting station, to administer oaths as necessary, to receive sealed ballot boxes, and to perform such other duties that the Texas Election Code requires, and will forward such information to each Participating Entity in a timely fashion to allow the governing body of each Participating Entity to enter appropriate orders designating such election officials before the election. The presiding judge of the central counting station may appoint clerks to serve at the central counting station. In addition, the County will appoint a tabulation supervisor to be in charge of operating the automatic tabulating equipment at the central counting station; an individual to serve as central counting station manager; and an assistant counting station manager to be in charge of administering the central counting station and generally supervising the personnel working at the central counting station. The County will forward such information to each Participating Entity in a timely fashion to allow the governing body of each Participating Entity to enter appropriate orders designating such election officials before the election. 4. The County will provide the Participating Entities with reasonable space in a public area adjacent to the central counting station at which each Participating Entity may have representatives or other interested persons present during the counting process. B. Participating Entities' Responsibilities 1. Other than receiving returns from the Travis County Clerk, the Participating Entities have no role or responsibility on the night of the election. 257695-1 064 VI. County Resources A. The County will provide the Elections Division permanent staff and offices to administer the joint election, under the Travis County Clerk's direction. B. For early voting, the County will provide a locked and secure area in which voted ballot boxes will be stored until the Early Voting Ballot Board convenes. The County, by and through Administrative Operations, will be responsible for transporting the ballot boxes to the central counting station for the Early Voting Ballot Board. C. The County will be responsible for providing and maintaining voting equipment and testing any voting equipment as required by the Texas Election Code. D. The County will process the payroll for all temporary staff hired to conduct the joint election. The payroll processing includes statutory reporting and providing W-2 forms where applicable. E. The County will conduct early voting as indicated in this agreement. VII. Joint Election Costs; Payment A. Transmitted with this agreement is a check payable to Travis County from each Participating Entity, in the amount equal to the deposit identified for each Entity in the Cost Estimate attached as Exhibit C, which is also incorporated into this agreement. This deposit represents approximately 75% of the costs of each Participating Entity's share of the estimated election costs. The County will submit an invoice to each Participating Entity for the balance of the Participating Entity's actual joint election expenses upon the election's completion. Joint - election expenses include expenses for facilities, personnel, supplies, and training that the County actually incurs for establishing and operating all early voting and election -day activities at the polling place in the joint election territory as well as activities related to tabulating votes, all as reflected on the Cost Estimate. Each Participating Entity will pay the total amount of its invoice within thirty (30) days of receiving it. B. In the event of a recount, the expense of the recount will be borne by the Participating Entity involved in the recount on a pro -rata basis. C. In the event a Participating Entity cancels its respective election because of unopposed candidates under Texas Election Code Title I, subchapter C, the Participating Entity will be responsible for its respective share of election expenses incurred through the date that the election is canceled as allocated to the cancelling entity based on the formula in the Cost Estimate, adjusted for the actual expenses incurred by the County through the date of the cancellation. When the Participating Entity cancels its election, the County will recalculate the allocation percentages among the remaining Entities according to the formula used in the Cost Estimate. 257695-1 064 D. In the event there are any expenses associated with processing a ballot arising from a declaration of a write-in candidate, the Participating Entity that received the declaration will bear the expenses. E. A Participating Entity that establishes an early voting polling place, other than one that was mutually agreed upon by all Participating Entities, will bear the expense of doing so. The Cost Estimate for each individual Participating Entity will include additional polling locations for each Participating Entity, as set forth in Exhibit C. VIII. General Provisions A. Legal Notices Each of the Participating Entities will be individually responsible for preparing the election orders, resolutions, notices, and other pertinent documents for adoption or execution by its own respective governing board and for all related expenses. Each of the Participating Entities will be individually responsible for obtaining appropriate preclearance, if necessary, from the United States Department of Justice. The Travis County Clerk will provide each Participating Entity information on changes affecting the Participating Entity's election, such as polling place changes and changes in voting equipment, when such changes are confirmed, verified, or otherwise become known to the clerk's office. Each of the Participating Entities will be individually responsible for posting or publishing election notices and for all related expenses. Each of the Participating Entities further will be individually responsible for election expenses incurred in relation to any polling place that is not a common polling place as designated in this agreement. B. Communication Throughout this agreement's term, the Travis County Clerk or the clerk's employee will meet as necessary with the designated representative of each Participating Entity to discuss and resolve any problems that might arise regarding the joint election. C. Custodian The Travis County Clerk will serve as the custodian of the keys to the ballot boxes for voted ballots in the joint election. D. Effective Date This agreement takes effect upon its complete execution by all Participating Entities and the County. The obligation of each Participating Entity to the County under this agreement will not end until the entity pays the County its share of the joint election costs. IX. Miscellaneous Provisions A. Amendment/Modification of Exhibits A, B, and C 257695-1 064 1. The Participating Entities acknowledge and agree that Exhibits A, B, and C may be amended to add or remove entities wishing to participate or cease participating m the agreement. The Participating Entities agree to future amendments of Exhibits A, B, and C and authorize the County to enter into such amendments without the Entities' having to sign the future amendments. The County agrees to notify all Participating Entities of any amendments to Exhibits A, B, and C. 2. Except as otherwise provided, this Agreement may not be amended in any respect whatsoever except by a further agreement in writing, duly executed by the parties to this agreement. No official, representative, agent, or employee of the County has any authority to modify this Agreement except by express authorization from the Travis County Commissioners Court. No official, representative, agent, or employee of any Participating Entity has any authority to modify this agreement except by express authorization from the governing body of the respective Participating Entity. The Travis County Clerk may propose necessary amendments to this agreement in writing in order to conduct the joint election smoothly and efficiently. The Travis County Commissioners Court and the governing body of the respective Participating Entity, however, must approve any proposal. B. Notice Any notice to be given in this agreement, by any party to the other, must be in writing and delivered personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the proper party at the addresses listed in Exhibit A. Each party may change the address for notice to it by giving notice of the change under this section's terms. C. Force Majeure In the event that the County cannot perform any of its obligations in this agreement or is interrupted or delayed by any occurrence not occasioned by its own conduct, whether it be an act of God, the result of war, riot, civil commotion, sovereign conduct, or like reason, then the County will be excused from performing for such period of time as is reasonably necessary after such occurrence to remedy its effects. D. Venue and Choice of Law The Participating Entities agree that venue for any dispute arising under this agreement will lie in the appropriate courts of Austin, Travis County, Texas. This agreement is governed by and construed under the laws of Texas and the United States of America. E. Entire Agreement This agreement contains the parties' entire agreement relating to the rights granted and the obligations assumed in it, and it supersedes all prior agreements, including prior election services contracts relating to each Participating Entity's November 8, 2011 election. Any prior 257695-1 064 agreements, promises, negotiations, or representations not expressly contained in this agreement are of no force or effect. Any oral representations or modifications concerning this agreement have no force or effect, except a subsequent amendment in writing as this agreement provides. F. Severability If any provision of this agreement is found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability will not affect the agreement's remaining provisions; and its parties will perform their obligations under the agreement's surviving terms and provisions. G. Breach In the event that any Participating Entity or the County breaches any of its obligations under this agreement, the non -breaching party will be entitled to pursue any and all rights and remedies allowed by law. H. Payments from Current Revenues Payments made by the Participating Entities in meeting their obligations under this agreement will be made from current revenue funds available to the governing body of the respective Participating Entity. Payments made by the County in meeting its obligations under this agreement will be made from current revenue funds available to the County. I. Other Instruments The Participating Entities agree that they will execute other and further instruments or any documents as may become necessary or convenient to effectuate and carry out this agreement's purposes. J. Third Parry Beneficiaries Except as otherwise provided in this agreement, nothing in this agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any person, other than the parties to it, any of its benefits, rights or remedies. K. Other Joint Election Agreements The County and the Participating Entities expressly understand and acknowledge that each may enter into other joint election agreements with other political subdivisions, to be held on Election Day and at common polling places covered by this agreement, and that the addition of other political subdivisions as parties to this agreement will require amending Exhibits A, B, and C. L. Mediation 257695-1 064 When mediation is acceptable to both parties in resolving a dispute arising under this agreement, the parties agree to use a mutually agreed upon mediator, or a person appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction, for mediation as described in Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code section 154.023. Unless both parties are satisfied with the mediation's result, the mediation will not constitute a final and binding resolution to the dispute. All communications within the scope of the mediation will remain confidential as described in section 154.023, unless both parties agree, in writing, to waive the confidentiality. Despite this, the parties intend to fully comply with the Texas Open Meetings Act and the Texas Public Information Act whenever applicable. The term "confidential" as used in this agreement has the same meanings as defined and construed under the Texas Public Information Act and the Texas Open Meetings Act. M. Counterparts This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, all of which will be deemed originals and with the same effect as if all parties to it had signed the same document. All of such counterparts willl be construed together and will constitute one and the same agreement. The parties to this agreement have executed it in multiple copies, each of equal dignity, on this day of , 2011. 257695-1 064 TRAVIS COUNTY BY: BY: 257695-1 064 Samuel T. Biscoe County Judge County Clerk EXHIBIT A PARTICIPATING ENTITIES Municipalities City of Pflugerville City of Round Rock Villlage of Point Venture City of Webberville School Districts Lago Vista ISD Lake Travis ISD ESDS Travis County ESD 1 (North Lake Travis) Water Districts Williamson County WSIDD 3 (dual county with Travis) 257695-1 064 PARTICIPATING ENTITIES Name of Participating Entity City of Pflugerville Address 100 East Main Street, PO Box 589 (78691) Pflugerville TX 78660 Name of Authorized Signatory : Brandon W Signature Date signed 257695-1 064 Manager PARTICIPATING ENTITIES Name of Participating Entity Address Name of Authorized Signatory Signature Date signed 257695-1 064 22-t tom. ►VL�iv SI-. Mayov- rn/L- 12.. IS • 11 PARTICIPATING ENTITIES Name of Participating Entity 7 e t' � /1 92 ¥,r J i j t i& r Address l«w't1 z,R ' c✓ j %errs T ,off V,3_' Name ofAuthorized SignatoryjiivrrC' Signature Date signed 257645-1 064 (24 R &- /?-'/( - PARTICIPATING ENTITIES Name of Participating Entity Village or Webberyille Address 19208 FM 969 Webberlle. Texas 78653 Name of Authorized Signatory Hector Gonzales LL or Signature Date signed 257695-1 064 PARTICIPATING ENTITIES Name of Participating Entity LAGO VISTA ISD Address P.O. BOX 4929 LAGO VISTA, TX 78645 Name of Authorized Signatory Matt' Underwood Signature Date signed �-%� PARTICIPATING ENTITIES Name of Participating Entity Lake Travis ISD Address Name of Authorized Signatory Signature Date signed 257695-I 064 3322 Ranch Road 620 South Austin, TX 78738 PARTICIPATING ENTITIES Name ofParticipating Entity 14A r IS . i / .... , Andress LL Nsre of Autho rim Signatory 4 Signature Date signed TRAVIS COUNTY JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT WITH PARTICIPATING ENTITIES Name of Participating Entity: Address: Name of Authorized Signatory: Signature: Date signed: SIGNATURE PAGE Williamson County Water Sewer Irrigation and Drainage District No. 3 c/o Armbrust & Brown, PLLC 100 Congress Avenue, Suite 1300 Austin, Texas 78701 Rance Richter, President Board of Directors EXHIBIT B MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS 257695-1 064 £Ob N Sot OL£ Z04 tot • 0 90ti LZ£ or b £Lb M £Z£ SL ZO£ 60£ L04 044 4 £9ti y SS 0 V g 09£ L9£ cot LOV UP L46 S S£ S 99£ � L£4 0" � S O MM £Z4 ££ 6 U 0 Z Sipe Zti Z fL£ Z4L4£ ti4£ L9£ u SU 4ZL L s �r OS 0 90L L S ZZL £ ZS OL t9£ £L S£ L Oct S Z £ SOL L£ Sb£ LtiL M 6£L 09 ti Z 9L£ rhe t`, MN9 L9 ti Z9 LLC e L S f £SZ 8L£ I LU tozZLL 9Z£ 6L£ " i �'" M LL 8Z clot £ <a £LL OL 6S ti94i, £ 9£ a,•°' .. S£ y£ LOZ L L SL£ y tiL£ 60Z EXHIBIT C COST ESTIMATE 257695-1 064 r TC VOTERS PFLUGERVILLE POINT VENTURE ROUND ROCK WEBBERVILLE EMER SVC DIST 1 ANNEXATION ESDI NOV 2011 WM CO WSIDD3 LAGO VISTA ISD LAKE TRAVIS ISD Total $ 877,689.60 $ - $ 877,689.60 4,135.83 413.58 4,549.41 64.41 6.44 70.85 136.05 13.60 149.65 150.45 15.05 165.50 2,302.51 230.25 2,532.76 120.88 12.09 132.97 21.59 2.16 23.75 907.20 90.72 997.92 5,235.69 523.57 5,759.26 Salanes Permanent Employee 0701 Regular Salaries, Temps 0801 OTSecurity 1101 FICA Tax - OASDI 2002 Hospitalization 2003 Life Insurance 2004 Retirement 2005 Worker's Comp 2006 FICA Tax - Medicare 2007 Total Personnel EDay Worker Delivery Fee 6007 Polling Locations 6105 Printing and Mailing 7514 Office Equip, Furn & Supp 3001 CeIIuIar Air Time 4106 Posting and Publishing 6029 Mileage 4202 Rent -Other Mach & Equip 6104 Consulting Voter Registration Support 4007 Consulting Enight Support 4007 Operations Total Grand Total 2011 Costs Nov -1 1 2012 Costs Nov -1 1 Total Budget Nov -1 1 $ 84,752.00 $ 51,487.20 $136,239.20 59,680.00 389,512.00 449,192.00 - 26,218.36 26,218.36 8,954.78 28,967.49 37,922.27 17,431.87 23,244.06 40,675.93 200.92 242.09 443.01 9,695.63 9,016.16 18,711.79 281.64 911.07 1,192.72 2,094.26 6,774.65 8,868.92 183,091.11 536,373.08 719,464.20 6,000.00 6,000.00 18,000.00 18,000.00 35,000.00 15,000.00 50,000.00 10,000.00 13,000.00 23,000.00 3,000.00 15,000.00 18,000.00 300.00 36,000.00 36,300.00 100.00 400.00 500.00 18,000.00 18,000.00 = 1,500.00 1,500.00 48,400.00 $ 231,491.11 122,900.00 $ 659,273.08 171,300.00 $ 890,764.20