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ORDINANCE NO. 371
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 234 TO CHANGE RATES
BEING CHARGED BY ARKANSAS CABLE TELEVISION, INC. , DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES,
WHEREAS, a public hearing has been conducted on a request by
Arkansas Cable Television, Inc. to change rates being charged by it to
customers in the Jacksonville franchise area; and
WHEREAS, Arkansas Cable Television, Inc. has submitted evidence
of increased cost and justification of its request for increased rates;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, that:
Section 1. Section 4 of Ordinance No. 234 is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"Section 4. The maximum rates and charges which may be made
by Grantee for connections and service rendered by it to the inhabitants of
the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas, shall be as follows:
I. Residential, including multiple -type Dwelling units
(i.e. duplex, apartments, etc.)
A. Individual Billing
Monthly Service
First Outlet 6.95
Each additional outlet 1 50
Other Service Charges
Installation charge on first outlet 19.95
Relocate outlet - same premises 10.00
Installation charge each additional outlet 10.00
Transfer of service to new residence 10.00
Reconnect existing outlet 10.00
B. Bulk Billed Accounts (Apartments, Trailer Parks)
Monthly Service
First outlet /first unit .... 6.95
Each additional outlet /first unit 1.50
First outlet /each additional unit 4.25
Additional outlets /each additional unit . 1.50
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Other Service Charges
Installation charge for first outlet /first unit ... Time
Installation charge for each additional unit /first Materials
outlet Overhead
Installation charge for each additional outlet /all
units
Relocate outlet same premises
Transfer service to new residence
II. Commercial Subscribers (motels, hotels, offices,
hospitals, etc.)
"Commercial Subscriber" for the purposes of this rate structure are
defined as users of the service other than residential, who provide
service to others, to attract customers for products or services, or
who subscribe to the service with five television sets or more, or who
exhibit the television program to customers or to the public, or to
audiences in excess of ten persons.
Monthly Service
First outlet /first unit 6.95
Each additional outlet /first unit 1.50
First outlet /each additional unit 3.00
Each additional outlet /each additional unit 1.50
Other Service Charges
Installation charge for first outlet /first unit Time
Installation charge for each additional unit /first Materials
outlet Overhead
Installation charge for each additional outlet /all
units
Relocate outlet same premises
Transfer service to new residence "
The City shall have the right to review rates and charges which may be
made by the Grantee for connections and service rendered by it to the inhabi-
tants of the City. No rate changes shall be established or charged by the
Grantee until the same shall have been approved by the Council and no
proposed change of rates established by the City shall be made except after
a fair public hearing before the Council. The Grantee shall collect no money
from the inhabitants of the City until the Grantee's system is operable."
Section 2. This ordinance being necessary for the preservation
of the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of Jackson-
ville, Arkansas, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this
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ordinance shall take full force and effect immediately upon its passage.
APPROVED and ADOPTED this - day of March, 1976.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM;
Ben E. Rice, Oily Attorney