RESOLUTION NO. 163 of 2005 DATED: June 28, 2005

WHEREAS, the Federal Government has passed the Help America Vote Act, which mandates new voting machines throughout Montgomery County be in place by January 1, 2006, and

WHEREAS, it is imperative that all voting districts in Montgomery County be in compliance at that time, and

WHEREAS, currently, the Montgomery County Board of Elections does not have authority from the State of New York or Montgomery County to purchase the machines for the ten towns and the City of Amsterdam and the Village of Fultonville, as each municipality will be responsible for this task, and

WHEREAS, each municipality will need to independently choose the desired machine to purchase and arrange for its programming, training, maintenance, and voter education, a cost that could reach as much as $10,000 per machine, and

WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Montgomery County Board of Elections to be granted the authority to recommend common machines and arrange for the supporting tasks involved with their implementation throughout the County to be more efficient and cost effective,

RESOLVED, that the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors hereby grants authority to the Montgomery County Board of Elections to recommend purchase and for the Central Administration of the implementation and administration of the new voting machines for the ten towns, City of Amsterdam and Village of Fultonville, required under the federal Help America Vote Act.

FURTHER RESOLVED, the Montgomery County Board of Elections shall be responsible for the programming, training, maintenance and voter education for each machine for the ten towns, City of Amsterdam and Village of Fultonville.

RESOLUTION ADOPTED with Aye(1729).  Supervisor Brodie was absent. (6/28/2005)