11. Recommendation to approve the transition from Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) equipped Dominion Voting Systems (now Liberty Vote) voting machines to ICX Ballot Marking Devices (BMDs) with vote center-based ballot scanning in an amount not to exceed [$1,764,619.70], to be funded through the Capital Improvement Fund (CIP), project PW920234 and authorize the Purchasing and Contracts Manager to make the necessary purchases. If the BMD purchase is approved, staff further recommends approval of an extension to the Liberty Vote annual software license and support contract agreement for hardware and software used by the Registrar of Voters Office in connection with the BMDs, in the amount of [$357,821.36], with an approximate 3% annual escalator, extending the contract through December 31, 2030, with two optional one-year extensions, and authorize the Purchasing and Contracts Manager to execute the extension on behalf of Washoe County. If the BMD purchase is not approved, staff recommends approval of the fifth amendment, which includes license and warranty extension only, with Liberty Vote for hardware and software used by the Registrar of Voters Office for the continued use of the VVPAT equipped voting machines, in the amount of [$411,797.86], for the first year, with an approximate 3% annual escalator extending the contract through December 31, 2030, with two optional one-year extensions, and authorize the Purchasing and Contracts Manager to execute the fifth amendment on behalf of Washoe County. Voters. (All Commission Districts.) FOR POSSIBLE ACTION