(a) By its acceptance of a franchise, a grantee agrees that the City Council shall have the power, authority, and right to cause a grantee's rates and charges to conform to provisions hereof and for this purpose, the Council may deny increases or order reductions of such rates and charges when it determines that in the absence of such action on its part, a grantee's rates and charges or proposed rates and charges will not conform to the provisions contained herein.
(b) The rates and charges for television signals distributed hereinunder shall be fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory. A grantee shall be allowed to increase its rates if it can demonstrate to the Council's satisfaction that it cannot make a fair return on its investment without a rate increase.
(c) Unless and until otherwise changed by direction of Council, the rates for services and equipment hereinunder from and after July 15, 1985 shall be as follows:
LIMITED SERVICE | ||
INSTALLATION | MONTHLY | |
Basic service charge to each residential and commercial subscriber not covered else-where in this schedule | $100.00 | $3.00 |
Additional television outlets | $9.70 | $2.10 |
FM outlet installed with television outlet | $9.70 | $2.10 |
FM outlet installed alone | $14.00 | $2.10 |
Transfer charge | $9.70 | -- |
Relocation of outlet | $9.70 | -- |
Hotel/Motel per unit | N/A | N/A |
Buried service where present utilities are aerial | $0.30 per foot plus normal installation charge | |
Cold outlet | $ 21.00 | -- |
Optiona1 Digital Convertor | $ 9.70 | $2.75 |
Remote Wireless Convertor | -- | $3.95 |
MINI SERVICE | ||
INSTALLATION | MONTHLY | |
Basic service charge to each residential and commercial subscriber not covered else-where in this schedule | $ 14.00 | $6.75 |
Additional television outlets | $ 9.70 | $2.10 |
FM outlet installed with television outlet | $9.70 | $2.10 |
FM outlet installed alone | $14.00 | $2.10 |
Transfer charge | $9.70 | -- |
Relocation of outlet | $9.70 | -- |
Hotel/Motel per unit | Time and materials | $2.10 |
Buried service where present utilities are aerial | $0.30 per foot plus normal installation charge | -- |
Cold outlet | $ 21.00 | -- |
Optiona1 Digital Convertor | $ 9.70 | $2.75 |
BASIC SERVICE | ||
INSTALLATION | MONTHLY | |
Basic service charge to each residential and commercial subscriber not covered else-where in this schedule | $ 17.50 | $9.50 |
Additional television outlets | $ 14.00 | $3.45 |
FM outlet installed with television outlet | $ 14.00 | $2.10 |
FM outlet installed alone | $ 17.50 | $2.10 |
Transfer charge | $ 14.00 | -- |
Relocation of outlet | $ 14.00 | -- |
Hotel/Motel per unit | Time and materials | $3.45 |
Buried service where present utilities are aerial | $0.30 per foot plus normal installation charge | -- |
Cold Outlet | $ 21.00 | -- |
Optional Digital Convertor | $ 14.00 | $2.75 |
(d) No charge shall be made to the City for its use of City channels or for the construction and operation of the co-axial between the City studio and the CATV System headend, and under no circumstances shall the City be obligated to pay to a grantee any fee for services rendered to the City under the terms of the franchise.
(e) The City shall not grant the franchisee authority to increase rates and/or charges unless a public hearing is held with regard to said proposed increase in rates and/or charges, at which public hearing all interested parties shall be afforded due process.
(1969 Code 58.10)