9-37   Annual Compliance Statement Required
   A.   Within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date that this ordinance becomes effective, the Council/franchising authority shall develop an MCS provider's compliance statement in an effort to determine whether such MCS provider is complying with the various provisions and/or requirements of this ordinance.
   B.   Prior to December 1, of each calendar year, the City shall furnish to each MCS provider, a compliance statement.
   C.   Prior to December 31, of each calendar year, each non-exempt MCS provider shall return to the Council/franchising authority a completed and executed (by owner or officer) compliance statement.
   D.   There shall be no charge or fee associated with returning the annual compliance statement. However, if the MCS provider supplies incomplete information which requires independent verification by the City or a consultant hired by the City, then the MCS provider may be required to reimburse the City for all costs associated with the independent verification. Moreover, failure to submit a statement by the deadline, or the provision of false information within a statement, may subject an affected MCS provider to any, and all, penalties and fines listed in this ordinance.