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will forward a copy of the AVT Maintenance Agreement upon execution with Election Systems & Software, prior to the expiration of the warranty period. 5.3 The City agrees not to make any repairs, changes, modifications or alterations to the Election Equipment or AVT Equipment that are not authorized by Hennepin County and said vendors. 5.4 After reasonable notice, the County shall have the right to enter into and upon the premises where the Election and AVT Equipment is located for the purposes of inspecting the same or observing its use. On an annual basis, during the term of this Agreement, the City shall comply with the County's request for verification of Election and AVT Equipment inventory. 5.5 The City agrees to provide notice to Election Systems & Software of any defects or malfunctions with the Election and/or AVT Equipment within twenty-four (24) hours. The City also agrees to provide the County with notice of such malfunctions or defects and Etection Systems & Software's response within a reasonable time. The county agrees to track via a log all such equipment malfunctions. Section 6 PROGRAMMING AND ACCUMULATION 6.1 Programming. The County will be responsible for programming the M100 Optical Scan Election Equipment at no charge to jurisdictions for all races in all elections. 6.2 Programming Costs. The City is responsible for paying to the County the programming costs of the AVT Equipment described in paragraph 1 .2 at an amount prorated upon the number of columns devoted to the City's races on the ballot. 6.3 Results Transmission and Accumulation. The County has invested a significant amount of resources in equipment that allows the M100 Optical Scan tabulators to electronically transmit election results via wireless technology from each polling place to a central location and for those results to be accumulated and posted on the County's website. There is also a significant operational cost associated with each use of this transmission and accumulation process. 6.4 For Cities with a primary and/or a general election, as described in Minn. Stat. §§ 205.065 and 205.07, in the even-numbered years, the County will provide results transmission and accumulation of results of City races in the primary and general election at no cost to the City. 6.5 For Cities with a primary and/or a general election, as described in Minn. Stat. �� 205.065 and 205.07, in the odd-numbered years, upon written request by the city, the County will perForm the electronic transmission and accumulation of Page 4 of 7