11-Authorizing and approving the exection of a contract between the City of Paris and the Lamar County Election Administration

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The Elections Administrator shall arrange for the training and compensation of all election judges and clerks. The Elections Administrator shall arrange for the date, time, and place for presiding election judges to pick up their election supplies. Each presiding election judge will be sent a letter (not later than the 15`h day before election day, as required by Section 4.007 of the Texas Election Code) by the Elections Administrator notifying him of his appointment, the time and location of distribution of election supplies, and the number of election clerks that the presiding judge may appoint. Each Presiding Election Judge and Election Clerk will receive $8.50 per hour for a maximum of 14 hours. The Presiding Election Judge or Election Clerk will receive an additional $25.00 as flat-rate compensation for delivering election returns and supplies to the Lamar County Elections Administrator's Office after the polls close. It is agreed by the Entity that at all times and for all purposes hereunder, all election judges, clerks, and all other employees involved in this election are independent Contractors and are not employees or agents of Lamar County or the Entity. No statement contained in this Contract shall be construed so as to find any judge, clerk, or any other election personnel an employee or agent of the County or the Entity, and all election personnel shall be entitled to none of the rights, privileges, or benefits of County employees or Entity employees except as otherwise may be stated herein, nor shall any election personnel hold himself out as an employee or agent of the County or the Entity, unless considered a County or Entity employee as determined by the policies of Lamar County or the Entity. V. SUPPLIES AND PRINTING The Elections Administrator shall arrange for the use of the direct recording electronic voting machines and supporting supplies and equipment and all other election supplies and related printing including, but not limited to, official ballots, sample ballots, ballot boxes, voter registration lists, and all forms, signs, maps and other materials used by the election workers at the Early Voting and Election Day voting locations. The Entity shall furnish to the Elections Administrator a list of candidates showing the order and the exact manner in which the names or proposition(s) are to appear on the official ballot. This list shall be delivered to the Elections Administrator as soon as possible after the Entity has determined ballot positions. The Entity shall be responsible for proofreading and approving the official ballot before printing as well as approving the ballot screen prompts and audio recordings for the Direct Recording Electronic voting devices. VI. EARLY VOTING The Entity agrees that the Election Administrator shall serve as the Early Voting Clerk in accordance with Section 31.097 of the Texas Election Code and agrees to designate the Office of the Elections Administrator as the main Early Voting polling location. The Entity also agrees that the Elections Administrator's permanent county employees, during regular office hours, 3 53