G40-76 Ordinance No, G40-76
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO
CONSOLIDATED CABLE UTILITIES, INC. BY INCREASING THE
MONTHLY RATE FOR SERVICE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS:
Section 1. That Subsection d of Section 6 of Ordinance No. S-935
passed December 10, 1969 entitled "An Ordinance Granting Authorization
to Consolidated Cable Utilities, Inc. , to Construct, Operate and Maintain
a Community Antenna Television System in the City of Elgin" be and is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"d. Operator agrees that all rates charged its subscribers
to its service shall be standard, uniform and reasonable; a copy
of the Operator's scale of charges for installation and furnish-
ing of service shall be filed with the City Clerk not less than
60 days prior to the effective date of such charges. The scale
of rates and charges and any amendments thereto shall be subject
to the approval of the City Council. The monthly rate to sub-
scribers shall not exceed $7.00 per month for the first outlet
and shall not exceed $1. 25 per month next outlet and shall not
exceed $.75 for each additional outlet. The installation charge
shall not exceed $15.00 for the first outlet or $3.00 for each
additional outlet. The operator agrees that when subscriber
saturation in the City reaches 75%, there will be a 5% reduction
in rates for all subscribers in the City. When 90% saturation
is reached, there will be an additional 5% reduction in rates
for all subscribers in the City. The term "saturation" shall
mean 80% of the potential subscribers in the City are receiving
service. Operator hereby agrees that no free services will be
permitted to any customer provided, however, that this provision
shall not prevent Operator from conducting promotional campaigns
to attract new customers, including elimination or reduction of
the initial connection fee or of the monthly service charge for
a specified period."
Section 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
with this ordinance be and are hereby repealed.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage.
s/ Richard L. Verbic
Richard L. Verbic, Mayor
Presented: September 8, 1976
Passed: September 8 , 1976
Vote: Yeas 7 Nays 0
Recorded:
Published:
Attest:
s/ Marie Yearman
Marie learman, City Clerk