CC Resolution No. 1234 i
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RESOLUTION NO. 1234
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, DIRECTING STAR CABLE COMPANY TO KEEP ACCURATE
ACCOUNTS OF ALL AMOUNTS RECEIVED BY REASON OF THE
PROPOSED BASIC SERVICE TIER RATES WHICH WERE SUBMITTED ON
FCC FORMS 1205 AND 1220; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE
DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, Star Cable Company ( "Star Cable" ) has a franchise
agreement with the City of Baytown for the purpose of receiving,
sending, amplifying, and distributing radio and television signals
by cable to television sets to customers within that portion of
Chambers County which lies within the city limits of the City of
Baytown; and
WHEREAS, on January 27, 1994 , the City of Baytown in Ordinance
No. 6909 adopted regulations regarding rates charged by cable
companies to subscribers for the basic service tier; and
WHEREAS, Star Cable submitted Federal Communications
Commission' s ( "FCC" ) Form 1205 and 1220 regarding the proposed
cable rates for regulated cable services in August 1994 ; and
WHEREAS, Council on September 8 , 1994 , in Resolution 1222
invoked an additional one-hundred fifty (150) days in order to make
a final determination regarding the reasonableness of the basic
cable rates and regulated services submitted by Star Cable; and
WHEREAS, Council held a public hearing regarding Star Cable ' s
basic cable rate submission on December 8, 1994, pursuant to
Ordinance No. 6909; and
WHEREAS, to date, no final determination regarding the
reasonableness of Star Cable ' s Form 1205 and 1220 submitted rates
has been made; and
WHEREAS, this accounting order will reserve Council ' s
authority to order refunds; NOW THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS :
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Section 1 : Star Cable is hereby ordered to keep accurate
account of all amounts received by reason of the proposed basic
service tier rates and regulated services and on whose behalf the
amounts are paid.
Section 2 : This resolution shall take effect immediately
from and after its passage by the City Council of the City of
Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED, by the affirmative vote of the
City Council of the City of Baytown this the 12th day of January,
1995 .
PETE C. ALFICRO, Mayor
AT'PEST:
EILEEN P , HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
T,r, CIO RAMIREZ, IA. , City Attorney
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