a. The Town of Schererville, Lake County, Indiana, authorizes the Lake County Indiana CATV Consortium (Consortium) to provide the grantee of the cable television franchise, the public, and interested parties with an opportunity to be heard either through the submission of written comments to the Consortium over a period not to exceed sixty (60) calendar days during the period of review of basic cable rates and associated equipment, or at a public hearing before the Town Council upon fourteen (14) days written notice to the grantee of the cable television franchise of the time and place of the public hearing provided further that said notice shall indicate that the purpose of the public hearing is to receive the views of the grantee and interested parties on issues pertaining to regulation of the basic service tier of cable television services and equipment necessary to provide said basic tier of service; and provided further that notice of said public hearing shall be published in a local newspaper of general circulation at least ten (10) days before the date of this hearing, and provided further, that an agenda for said public hearing shall be posted in a public place at the Town Hall, at least seven (7) days prior to said public hearing.
b. Upon the adoption of this ordinance the Town of Schererville shall permit the Lake County, Indiana CATV Consortium to immediately notify the cable operator by certified mail, return receipt requested, that the Town intends to regulate subscriber rates charged for the basic service tier and associated equipment as authorized by the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992.
Upon receipt of said notice from the Consortium, the Cable for shall, within thirty (30) days, file with the Consortium its current rates for the basic service tier and associated equipment along with any additional documentation justifying the reasonableness of its rates.
(Ord. No. 1278, § 2, 5-11-94)