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HomeMy WebLinkAbout79-10-1812418 ORDINANCE NO. 79-10-1812 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH COMCAST CABLE OF PADUCAH, INC . , BY DELETING THE REQUIREMENT OF A SIGNAL LEVEL AND FAULT REPORTING SYSTEM. WHEREAS, the Franchise Agreement between the City of Paducah and Comcast Cable of Paducah, Inc . , calls for a signal level and fault reporting system, and WHEREAS, Comcast Cable of Paducah, Inc . , has requested the City of Paducah to approve a variance in the Franchise Agreement, eliminating the require- ment for a signal level and fault reporting system, and WHEREAS, the Paducah Cable Communications Authority, on August 16, 1979, recommended that the City of Paducah waive the requirement in the Franchise Agreement for theJ signal level and fault reporting system, and WHEREAS, ComcastCable of Paducah, Inc . , has offered to provide the City of Paducah with funds equal to the amount of the purchase and operation of the signal level and fault reporting system, which equal $19, 000, and WHEREAS, it would be advantageous for the City of Paducah to use the funds toward the purchase of production equipment for the operation of the Govern- mental Access Channel. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: SECTION 1. That the Franchise Agreement between the City of Paducah, Kentucky and Comcast; -Cable ,of Padaxcah, Inc...-, dated the .lst day of, April, -1975, be and it is hereby,. -amended by. deleting. from paragraph- IV of_ attachment B. the follow- ing: "Be initially constructed and energized to include a signal level and fault reporting system via the "A" cable return path and also ..... " SECTION 2. Comcast Cable of Paducah, Inc . , shall pay to the City of Paducah, in consideration of the deletion of the signal level and fault reporting system requirement, the sum of $19,000 which represents a savings to Comcast Cable of Paducah, Inc . , in equipment and operating expenses for the term of the franchise agreement. SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be introduced and remain on file for one week for public inspection in the completed form in which it shall be put upon its final passage, and if adopted shall be in full force and effect ten (10) days thereafter. Mayor Introduced by the Board of Commissioners October 9, 1979 Passed by the Board of Commissioners October 23, 1979 Recorded by Louise McKinney, City Clerk, October 23, 1979.