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� 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. V-L <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 22, 1995 <br /> SUBJECT: Resolution Adjusting Updating Permitted Cable Rates <br /> -------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X <br /> -------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Albert Kittrell <br /> Report <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER- <br /> Hillsborough -732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill -968-4501 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> -------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: To adopt a resolution/order approving adjustments in <br /> permitted rates for Cable TV service. <br /> BACKGROUND: In accordance with Federal Communication Commission <br /> regulations, cable operators are allowed to update rates <br /> for basic service based on external costs, such as <br /> copyright licenses, programming costs, inflation and <br /> retransmission fees. <br /> On May 25, 1995 Time Warner submitted appropriate FCC <br /> forms requesting an adjustment to basic rates based on <br /> inflationary costs. Time Warner used the Gross National <br /> Product Price Index as the basis for the inflationary <br /> adjustment. <br /> Triangle J Council of Governments Consultants have <br /> reviewed Time Warner' s documentation. The consultants <br /> findings are included in the attached report and the <br /> Resolution/Order Approving Adjustments in Basic Rates. <br /> The consultants recommend that the Board approve $.03 <br /> cents increase in basic rates for 5,718 subscribers in <br /> unincorporated Orange County served by the Chapel Hill <br /> Headend, and $.49 cents increase for 32 subscribers <br /> in unincorporated Orange County served by Cablevision of <br /> Durham. <br />