HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/16/1994 - Special Minutes City CouncilMAYOR
Larry J. Ringer
MAYOR PRO'rEM
Fred Brown
CITY MANAGER
Ron Ragland
COLLEGE STATION
COUNCILMEMBERS
Hub Kennady
Lynn Mcllhaney
Vernon Schneider
David Hickson
Nancy Crouch
MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1994
7:00 P.M.
COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT:
Mayor Ringer, Councilmembers
Kennady, Mcllhaney,Schneider,
Hickson and Crouch.
COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT:
Mayor Pro-tem Brown
STAFF PRESENT:
Executive Director Management
Services Piwonka, City Secretary
Hooks, Public Information Officer
Calliham, Assistant City Manager
Woody, Executive Director
Fiscal/Human Resources Schroeder
Mayor Ringer called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.
Aaenda Item No. I - Consideration of first reading re.qardin.q proposed
Franchise Renewal with TCA Cable Co. for the provision of Multi Channel
Services in Colle.qe Station.
Executive Director Management Services Piwonka came forward to present this
item. She spoke to the council on the joint recommendations from the
negotiating team which is a combination of two years worth of negotiations with
TCA and the two cities.
Randy Rogers of TCA came forward to thank the council for the opportunity to
be heard tonight and thanked Linda for all the work she has contributed to this
project. He agreed with the terms of the franchise. Mr. Rogers also thanked
Charlie Shear for his participation.
City of College Station, Texas
Providing Customer Service Excellence
City Council Special Meeting
Wednesday, February 16, 1994
Page 2
Ms. Piwonka presented a brief overview of the franchise document. Several
major factors of the franchise are:
Customer Service Standards, Billing Practices, Customer Service Hours,
Handling of the refunds, Service outages, Penalties, Restoration of private
property, Handling service requests, Response Times, New installations and
Reporting Requirements.
She mentioned that TCA is proposing a fiber optic rebuild of their system with a
36 month completion date from the effective date of this ordinance. As
proposed, there will be a 24 hour channel provided to Texas A&M, the two
school systems, and two cities to share time. Ms. Piwonka highlighted other
sections of the ordinance. There is a 4% franchise fee and the gross revenue
definition includes all revenues received by TCA excluding the revenues from
advertising from bill stuffers and sale of equipment. The franchise is valid for ten
years.
Councilwoman Crouch recommended several grammatical changes.
After further comments, Councilman Schneider made a motion to approve the
first reading of the franchise ordinance agreement. Councilman Hickson
seconded the motion which carried unanimously, 6-0, Councilman Brown
absent.
Councilwoman Mcllhaney thanked the staff and the consultants for a job well
done. Mayor Ringer concurred.
Agenda Item No. 2 -Adioum
Mayor Ringer adjourned the meeting at 7:30 p.m.
A~)EST: .
City Secretary Connie Hooks
APPROVED:
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