(A) Unless otherwise agreed to in a franchise agreement, the municipality and the grantee may hold scheduled yearly performance evaluation sessions within 30 days of each anniversary date of the grantee's award or renewal of the franchise and as may be required by federal and state law.
(B) Special evaluation sessions may be held at any time during the term of the franchise at the request of the municipality or the grantee.
(C) All evaluation sessions shall be open to the public and announced in a newspaper of general circulation in accordance with legal notice. The Grantee shall notify its subscribers of all evaluation sessions by announcements on the Government Access Channel and at least one channel provided by the grantee which cable casts local news between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. for five consecutive days preceding each session.
(D) Topics which may be discussed at any scheduled or special evaluation session may include, but are not limited to: service rate structures; franchise fees, penalties, free or discounted services; application of new technologies; system performance; services provided; programming offered; customer complaints; privacy; amendments to this chapter; judicial and FCC rulings; line extension policies; and grantee or municipality rules.
(E) Members of the general public may add topics either by working through the grantee, the municipality, or by presenting a petition. If such a petition bears the valid signatures of 25 or more residents of the municipality, the proposed topic or topics shall be added to the list of topics to be discussed at the evaluation session.
(Ord. 2000-10, passed 4-10-00)