(A) (1) The village hereby waives all fees, charges, and other compensation that may accrue, after the effective date of the waiver, to the village by a telecommunications retailer pursuant to any existing village franchise, license, or similar agreement with a telecommunications retailer during the time the village imposes the telecommunications infrastructure maintenance fee.
(2) This waiver shall only be effective during the time the infrastructure maintenance fee provided for in this chapter is subject to being lawfully imposed on the telecommunications retailer and collected by the telecommunications retailer from the customer.
(B) On or before October 31, 1997, the Village Clerk shall send a notice of the waiver in the form exemplified by Exhibit “C” attached to the ordinance codified herein by certified mail/return receipt requested to each telecommunications retailer with whom the village has a franchise.
(C) (1) The village infrastructure maintenance fee provided for in this chapter shall become effective and imposed on February 1, 1998, so long as the village has, by October 31, 1997, mailed to each telecommunications retailer with whom the village has an existing franchise, license, or similar agreement that the village waives all compensation under such existing franchise, license, or similar agreement during such time as the fee is subject to being lawfully imposed and collected by the retailer and remitted to the village.
(2) The infrastructure maintenance fee shall apply to gross charges billed on or after the effective date as established in the preceding sentence.
(Ord. 97-11, passed 10-21-1997)