Ordinance No. 753ORDINANCE 110.753
41 ORDINANCE FI;,ING AND DETi U.1INIiZ THIS RATES .d,]D CHARGES
FOR LOCAL EXCHANGE TELEPHONE SLRVICE AND KISCiLLANEOUS
SERVICES OF THE GENERAL TELEPHONE COi TANY OF THE SOUTHMST
IN THE CITY OF BAYTO.lN, TEXAS; DISCONTINUING THE OFFERING
OF FOUR PARTY SERVICE AFTER DECEABER 31, 1965, FIXING
CERTAIN EXTENDED AREA SiRVI& RATS; REPEALING ORDINANCES
INCONSISTMT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE • PRL-
SCRIBING i.i,�ili. U.a PLN,,LTY OF T'.!0 HUNDRED (0200.00 DOL-
LARS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVI DM FOR THE RATES HEREIN
ESTABLISHED; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION THEREOF.
1HLREAS, the City Council and the administrative personnel of
the City of Baytown have made a definitive study of the rates and
services of the General Telephone Company of the Southwest; and
JHEREAS, many meetings and discussions have been held between
the City officials and the officials of the General Telephone Comp-
any of the Southwest and they have reached a conclusion as to the
rates and services which should be adopted within the corporate
limits of the City of Baytown; and
'.:HER,3AS, said meetings and discussions between the Utility
officials and the City officials are summarized in a letter, dated.
;ay 28, 1965, addressed to the i. ayor and Kembers of the City Council
of the City of Baytown, from hr. Don S. Holdridge, Vice President
of said Utility and a copy of said letter is attached hereto as
"Exhibit A" and made a part hereof for all intents and purposes; and
dHEREAS, an ordinance has been agreed upon between the offic-
ials of said two corporate Bodies; NOW, THEREFOR ,
BE IT ORDAIM BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOAN:
Section 1: That hereafter, General Telephone Company of the
Southwest shall be, and it is hereby authorized to charge within
the corporate limits of the City of Baytown, Texas, the following
schedule of principal rates for local exchange telephone service and
such other charges and rates for miscellaneous service not inconsist-
ent with this ordinance as are included in the Telephone Company's
Texas General exchange Tariff, and it shall be unlawful for said
Utility to charge any higher rate or rates for service of the types
and classes hereinafter set forth:
Class of Service honthly Rates
Business
Individual Line Service 0 14.00
Two Party Line Service 11.00
Extension 1.75
Residence
Individual Line Service
6.50
Two Party Line Service
5.50
Four Party Line Service
4.50
extension
1.00
SCHEDULE OF i dSCELLAHLOUS RATES AND CHARGES
TEXAS SERVICE: COMECTION, LOVE AND CH 'nG.:3
Service Connections
New `service Instrumen- Ave in-
C moves to talities in side Same
New Premises Place Premises
BUSIMS SE RVICis:
i gain Station and Trunks 17.50
03.00
x3.00
Extensions and PBX Stations:
Inside same building as main
station or PBX Switchboard. 3.00
3.00
3.00
Outside building in which main
station or PBX switchboard
is located 4.00
3.00
3.00
ISID i1CL SMICES:
.:ain Stations 5.00
3.00
3.00
ixtensions:
Inside sane building as main
station 3.00-
3.000
3.00;,
Outside building in which
main station is located 4.00
3.00%
3.00`
No charge will be made for
installing or moving resi-
dence extensions if in-
stalled or moved at the same
time as main station.
Other
Service
Char es
Restoration of service discon-
tinued for nonpayment
52.00
Change of name or change of subscriber
where no lapse of service occurs and
no final bill is to be issued
2.00
Change of telephone number at subscriber's
request when grade of service is not
changed
3.00
.,ISCELLAMMUS SERVICE. AND EQUIP AEAT
RATS PE.R
WSTALLATION
OR
BUZZER SYSTG,S: iAO141TH
:. CVE CHARGE
A. Push Button
1. Single, each .15
.75
2. On Pad, each .15
- --
B. Push Button Pad, each - --
•75
C. Buzzer, each .15
.75
CORDS
A. Line Cords
1. Nine (9) ft. cords, each - --
3.50
2. Thirteen (13) ft. cords,
-�-
each
4.50
3. Retractile cords, 70" ---
4.00
- --
4.50
15' -- --
5.50
-2
RhTE PER
10toTH
B. Handset
1. Between transmitter -re-
ceiver a handset base
unit, 54''
2. mine (9) ft. cord
EXTRA DIRECTORY LISTINGS:
A. ixchanges under 1,000
stations
1. Business, each
2. Residence, each
3. Nonpublished
B. Exchanges over 1,000
stations
1. Business, each
2. Residence, each
3. Nonpublished
JOINT USER SERVICE:
A. Business - Fifty Percent (5QK)
of one -party business rate, ex-
cluding differential charges.
Note: This service furnished on
one -party business lines,
only.
KEY TELEPHONE SYSTE S:
.25
.50
.50
.35
.50
A. The following rates are in
addition to the regular and
nonrecurring rates and charges
applicable for associated services:
1. Pick Up, per station,
per line
.35
2. Holding
a. Per line equipped, with-
out wink hold
.50
b. Per telephone equipped
.35
C. Per line equipped, with
wink hold
1.25
3. Signalling
a. Combined Code and Se-
lective Signalling
Unit
.75
b. Buzzers, each
.15
C. Push Sutton, each
.15
4. Key Button Illumination,
per set
•50
5. I. anual Intercommunication
Line, each
1.25
a. Dial Intercom Line, each
5.00
B. A service connection charge of
$5.00 will be made for each 1 -6
button key handset installed in
addition to the SCC for the
station class of service
C. Refer to General Exchange Tariff
for additional features available.
If installed after initial installation
of key system.
-3-
10STALLATION GPI
:OVE CHARGE
:1.00
5.00
7.50*
R,1TL PLR IMTALL,:,TIGH OR
L10NTH LOVE CHARGE,
BILE AGE:
A. The following mileage charges
apply to individual line and
party line services (except
rural multiparty service) fur-
nished to subscribers within the
corporate limits but beyond the
initial rate area, airline measure-
ment per 1/4 mile or fraction thereof.
1. One -party stations, PBX E PBX
trunks, each .75 - --
2. Pour -party stations, each .35
B. Extension lines (between gain
station or PBX switchboard and
extension)
1. Between points in the same
building - -- ---
2. Between points in different
buildings but on the same
premises per 300' or frac-
tion thereof .25 - --
3. Between points not in the
same building nor on the same
premises, per 1/4 ;;pile or
fraction thereof 1.00 - --
C. Tie Lines
1. Between points in the same
building 1.00 $7.50
2. Between points in different
buildings on the same pre -
mises, per 300' or fraction
thereof (minimum monthly
charge =3.00) 1.00 7.50
3. Between points not on same
premises, per 1/4 mile or
fraction thereof (minimum
monthly charge 03.00) 1.00 7.50
D. Private Lines:
1. Not connected to Central
Office switchboard, per 114
mile or fraction thereof
(minimum monthly charge
:4.00) 1.00 - --
2. Telephone instruments,
each 1.50 7.50
PRIVATE BRf11ISH EXM: NGE S13RV1Ow:
A. Kanual Systems:
1. Switchboards - Cordless
Type:
a. 5 trunks L 12 Stations,
each 12.00 - --
b. 5 trunks L 20 Stations,
each 15.00 - --
2. Switchboards - Jonmultiple
Cord Type:
a. 0 -40 lines, per pos. 20.00 - --
b. 41 -50 lines, per pos. 22.50 - --
c. 51 -SO lines, per pos. 25.00 - --
-4-
-5-
RATE PER
INSTALLATION OR
LIONITIH
won CHARGE
d.
01 lines L over, per
pos. 035.00
- --
3. Switchboards
- Lultiple Cord
ty
e:
(a�
Per switchboard position
50.00
- --
(b)
Jacks, multiple, in ex-
cess of one jack for each
station or trunk line:
(1)
Per strip of 10 jacks
.40
- --
(2)
Per strip of 20 jacks
.60
- --
4. Stations,
Private Branch
See Service
Exchange
1.75
Connections
lives L Changes
5. Station
lines, each
1.25
3.00
B. Dial Systems:
1. Switching
Equipment - Nonex-
pandable:
a.
3 trunks L 12 stations, ea.
25.00
- --
b.
5 trunks L 20 stations, ea.
40.00
- --
c.
Leich 40 - Honexpandable
(1)
10 x 40 PABX with battery
eliminator
74.00
- --
(2)
10 x 40 PABA with standby
batteries
09.00
- -�
Hote:
The above systems include
forty -line equipments, six
selector-connectors L the
indicated power supply.
d.
Leich u0 - donexpandable
(1)
20 x CO PABX with battery
eliminator
145.00
- --
(2)
20 x 80 PABX with standby
batteries
183.00
- --
Note:
The above systems include
eighty -line equipments,
twelve selector - connectors
the indicated power supply
& attendants' turret.
2. Switching
lquipoent - expand-
able:
a.
Line equipments, installed,
each
.75
- --
b.
Selectors, each
4.00
- --
c.
Special Selectors, each
(l)
Includes digit absorbing
pad control features
5.00
- --
d.
Connectors, each
4.00
- --
e.
Power equipment. Electrical
energy to be furnished by
customer.,
(1)
Two digit systems - 6 Amp,
50 Ampere Hours' Reserve
35.00
- --
(2)
Three €. four digit systems
12 Amp, 100 Anpere Hours'
Reserve
70.00
- --
f.
Dial Stations
(1)
Restricted L nonrestricted,
See Service
each
1.75
Connections
hoses L Changes
g.
Trunks between mechanical
equipment and attendant's
See Service
cabinet on customer's prep-
Connections
ises, each
1.00
Eoves `. Changes
Attendant's Cabinets:
(1)
Cordless, each
13.00
- --
-5-
RAW P
t 00TH
(2) Cord board -floor type
(multiple or nonmultiple,
per position) $50.00
(3) multiple appearance of
dial lines, in excess of
one jace per line:
(a) Per strip of 10 jacks .40
(b) Per strip of 20 jacks .60
h. Tie Line Terminations:
(1) Rate per month and installa-
tion charges will be based
on costs and circumstances
in each case.
C. Central Office Trunks:
(1) Regular central office trunks, one and
one -half times one -party business rate.
SIGNALS
A.
extension bell, each
.35
B.
Extension gongs, each
.75
C.
Extension bell, relay operated:
1. Indoor type, each
.75
2. Outdoor Type, each
1.50
D.
Horns, relay operated:
1. Indoor type, each
.75
2. Outdoor type, each
1.50
SPECIAL SEAzVIC.: .';RR:°,ivGEi.:.?:HT:
INSTALLATICA OR
MOVE CHARGE:
See Service
Connections
;.:oyes L Changes
1.00
1.50
1.00
1.50
1.00
2.00
A subscriber may have a business one -party service and a residence
one -party service with the same line number, provided both service
locations are within the sane exchange area. ::here both locations
are within the same central office serving area of an exchange, the
one -party rate for each service applies. .!here the locations are
within different central office serving areas of the same exchange,
the one -party rate for each service applies, plus foreign central
office mileage for one of the services as covered in the Foreign
Central Office and f=oreign Exchange Services section of this General
Sxchange Tariff.
Section 2: That hereafter no additional charge shall be made
for colored telephones.
Section 3: That after December 31, 1965, no new four party
service will be installed and no existing four party service will be
moved to a new location. Only four party service in effect on Decem-
ber 31, 1965, shall be provided by the Telephone Company.
Section 4: That the rates and charges stated above will apply
in the City of Baytown, Texas, until extended area service is ;provided
between the City of Daytown and the follo.aing named areas of the
Houston ketropolitan Qchange: Central Zone, Channelview) Deer par'..
and La Porte. Upon establishment of said extended area service,
General Telephone Company of the Southwest shall be authorized to
charge within the corporate limits of the City of Baytown, Toxas, the
following schedule of ;principal rates for extended area service and
such other charges and rates for "iscellaneous services not inconsist-
ent with this ordinance as are included in the Telephone Co:pany's
Texas General !xchange Tariff:
Class of Service
Business
Individual Line Service
Extension
-3-
Konthly Rates
0 19.00
1.75
Class of Service l:ionthly Rates
_r:di vid_ta1 Line Service ; 7.75
Two Party fine Service 6.00
"Xtension 1.25
Section 5: That General Telephone Ccmpany of the South -,,est
agrees that the rates set out under Section 4 of this ordinance shall
6e binding upon it and that no request shall be -.-,,ade for additional
rates for a period of at least thirty (30) months after the establish -
ment of said extended area service.
Section 6: That the rates and charges provided in this ordin-
ance shall be the riaximura c".arges applicable within the corporate
limits of the City of Baytown, Texas.
Section 7: That upon establishment of the extended area service
as set out herein such extended area service will be furnished in
lieu of purely local exchange service, it being intended that the
Telephone Company shall not be required to provide extended area
service and purely local exchange service upon a selective basis.
Section B: That the termis of this ordinance shall, upon writ-
ten acceptance of such terr:,s by the Telephone Cor .,ipany, be and becoFie
a contract betvreen the City and the Telephone Company, and their
respective successors and assigns.
Section 9: That after the expiration of the period covered by
the contractual rate schedules herein prescribed, nothing contained
in this ordinance shall be construed as limiting or modifying the
rights, powers or privileges of either the City or the Telephone Comp-
any with reference to establishment under the law of schedules of
telephone rates and charges within the :ity of Saytown, Texas.
Section 10: Repealing Clause: .ill ordinances or parts of ordin-
ances inconsistent ti,�,ith the terms of this ordinance are hereby re-
pealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent
of such inconsistency, and in all other respects this ordinance shall
be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject
ratter covered by this ordinance.
Section 11: Savin s Clause: If any provision, exception, sec-
tion, subsection., paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordin-
ance or the application of same to any person or set of circumstances
shall for any reason be held unconstitutional, void, or invalid, such
invalidity shall not effect the validity of the remaining provisions
of this ordinance or their application to other persons or set of cir-
cumstances and to this enc., all provisions of this ordinance are de-
clared to ' 'be severable.
Section 12: Penalty: Any person who shall violate any provision
of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a r.,isdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Ten {x10.00)
Dollars, nor .r:zore than Two Hundred (,?00.00) Dollars. ach day of
the continuance of such violation shall be considered a seperate of-
fense and each and every day shall constitute a separate violation.
Section 13: Effective mate: This ordinan
from and after ten �10 days from its passage by
The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice
caption of this ordinance to be published in the
of the City of Baytown at least twice within ten
age of this ordinance.
ce shall ta'ce effect
the k".ity Council.
hereof by causing the
official newspaper
days after the pass-
IiITRODUC D, READ and P:-�SS: D by the affirr.ative vote of the City
Council of the City of Baytown, Texas on this the 26th day of . "ugusty
1965.
�7 c.
r' _ Seaborn Cravey, Liayor
ATT'=ST:
APPMVED:
( T C� ��'q C irdna Oliver, ity Cleric � 2C "o-,ti"``�"
_. George City :lttcrrey
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"EXHIBIT A"
GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY
Of The Southwest
P. G. Box 1001
San Angelo, Texas 76902
May 28, 1965
Honorable ;t4ayor and
Members of the City Council
City Hall
Baytown, Texas
Re: Telephone mates and Services
Gentlemen:
It has been a pleasure for representatives of our Company to discuss
matters relating to the telephone service and rates in our Baytown
exchange upon two recent occasions with representatives of the City
Council and with your City f4anager and your City Attorney. As a
result of such discussions, I believe there is a better understanding
upon the part of all of us of the current and prospective telephone
situation for Baytown. At the conclusion of the second of such
conferences, the representatives of the Telephone Company made certain
representations about future service and outlined a proposition con-
cerning telephone rates for future service. 14r. Barnes requested that
these rate suggestions be reduced to writing and incorporated into a
letter which would briefly outline some of the facts concerning
present and future communications services as they had been revealed
to the representatives of the City.
That will be the purpose of this letter.
You brought to our attention a number of different kinds of complaints
concerning our exchange service, a number of which have been remedied
by service improvements within months recently past or will be remedied
by programs which are now in various stages of completion.
In an effort to reduce service outages which occur from time to time
as a result of water's seeping into minute holes in telephone cable
during rainy periods, we have embarked upon a system of cable'
pressurization. Dry air, under pressure, is forced into the cables
keeping the interior wires dry and also making possible the detection
of holes before they can cause a problem. This program was initiated
about 18 months ago and should be completed this year.
A regrading program (making straight lines available to individuals
served by party lines) has been under way for several years. It has
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resulted in a substantial reduction of held orders for upgrades in
service. This program is to be continued. The following activities
in furtherance of it are in various stages of engineering, manu-
facture and /or construction:
(1) Est major central office equipment addition, engineer-
ing for which was started three years ago, will be completed
in 1966;
(2) Another major central office equipment addition
is being engineered for installation as soon as possible
with the view to complete elimination of four -party service
within the initial rate area by December 196-0;
(3) A program to upgrade rural service from eight -
party to four -party is underway, actual regrading scheduled
to begin in June 1966 and to be completed by December 1963.
The regrading programs mentioned above require not only substantial
additional central office equipment but also a large amount of out-
side plant construction to make available additional cable pairs for
the additional services. This construction is in various stages of
completion and will be coordinated with the related central office
additions.
"Je realize, of course, that one of the items of major interest to
you is the establishment of extended area service between Baytown and
the central zone of the Houston 1%-Ietropolitan exchange. Numerous
meetings have been held by your Council with representatives of this
Company at which some of our problems in connection with the establish-
ment of this service were discussed. Ue are happy to report that
substantial progress has been made toward the ultimate establishment
of such service.
The conduit system for the long distance and extended area service
cables from our offices to the San Jacinto River has been engineered
and contract let for its construction. The construction is due to
be complete by October of this year.
Land has been purchased in Baytown for additional building facilities
which will house the additional central office equipment associated
with extended area service and with the establishment of direct
distance dialing and the retention of toll operations in Baytown
(which we expect to do coincidentally with the conversion to extended
area service with Houston central zone).
Since the principles of a new method of settlement for the combined
costs of said extended area service have now been worked out, we can
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now hopefully predict that the service will be initiated late in
1967 or very early 1968. No actual contract between this Company
and Southwestern Bell Telephone .3ompany has been executed as yet,
but we are informed that a contract embodying the revised settlement
principles to which this Company has agreed is in the process of
preparation and that we can anticipate its early receipt. As is
indicated by the foregoing, we have not held back awaiting agreement
on principles but have proceeded with the necessary planning,
engineering, ordering of equipment, etc., to the end that there will
be minimum delay in the establishment of the service after the final
execution of the intercompany settlement contract.
ilhile your representatives were in San Angelo upon the occasion of
their last visit, we gave them a number of copies of certain financial
information showing the property values, revenues and expenses asso-
ciated with the rendition of Baytown telephone service upon a number
of different bases: (a) for the year ending December 31, 1964;
(b) adjusted to show a full year's operations at the levels of
December 31, 1964; (c) adjusted to show a full year's operations
at the estimated levels of December 31, 1965, and (d) adjusted to
show a full year's operations at the estimated levels of December 31,
1968. Since those figures more or less speak for themselves, i will
not impose upon your good nature by discussing then except to say
that, as they reveal, we anticipate doubling the amount of money which
the Company will have invested in Baytown telephone service during the
period December 31, 1964 to Pecember 31, 1968,
Your representatives indicated upon the occasion of their visits that
they believed the rates being charged for services in Baytown are
excessive. We had long discussions with them concerning the operating
figures which they will have made available to you. We discussed both
present rate structures and those which might, under varying circum-
stances, be required upon conversion to extended area service with
Houston.
At the conclusion of our rate discussions, the Company proposed that
your Council adopt a two -phase ordinance to which the Company would
agree and which would be binding .upon the Company for the period of
its term. Under such ordinance there would be an immediate adjustment
in Baytown rates in the form of abolition of the 25� monthly
recurring charge for colored telephone instruments. As was explained,
this would amount to a reduction of $3.00 per year for each of the
6,000 colored instruments presently in use in Baytown. It would,
also, of course, make color telephones available to other subscribers
without any recurring -mo-nthly charge. In this letter connection, it
would have to be understood that, should a very larg.e.number of Baytown
subscribers suddenly and simultaneously request a change to'c61ored
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instruments from black ones, a delay of a number of weeks would be
involved to provide the necessary inventory and make the change -outs.
The second aspect of the suggested ordinance would set the basic
station rates for service after conversion to extended area service.
Such rates would be the same as the present Bell second -tier rates
in the Houston Lietropolitan exchange, and the Company would commit
itself to charge no higher rates than those for a period of thirty
(30) months after the date of conversion to extended area service.
As the figures which have been made available to you indicate, that
agreement would commit the Company to render the expanded service
at a return of less than six per cent (6,�) for a period of at least
thirty (30) months after the service was inaugurated.
We feel that this offer of the Company is a fair one and that the
telephone subscribers in Baytown would be well served by the Council's
enactment of the suggested ordinance.
In closing, I would like to apologize for the length of this letter.
In spite of its length, however, it leaves a great many things unsaid
which I would like to say. Therefore, I would like to suggest that,
if you so desire, I could come to Baytown upon a mutually convenient
occasion in the near future to discuss all of the matters mentioned
herein.
'Je have enjoyed meeting your representatives and discussing telephone
matters with them. I hope that you will see fit to arrange an
opportunity for me to meet with all of you.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Don S. Holdridge
DON S. HOLDRI DG .
Vice President
Revenue Requirements
cc: Han. Robert Barnes
Hon. George Chandler
Hon. Fritz Lanham