1984-005 - Midwest Video Corporation

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RESOLUTION NO.84 -005 WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2424 adopted on final passage December 11, 1978, granted to Midwest Video Corporation a franchise to use specified public facilities for business related purposes; and, WHEREAS, provisions of Ordinance 2424 provided, in part, as follows: Section 3 "that the service furnished and provided hereunder to said City and its inhabitants shall be first class in all respects... ". Section 4 "the City of Paris shall have the right to fix the rates to be charged by the grantee herein by ordinance ... "; and, WHEREAS, Ordinance 2538 passed November 10, 1980, granted Midwest Video Corporation authority to charge certain specified rates; and, WHEREAS, one of the reasons given for the need of the rate structure authorized in Ordinance 2538 was to estab- lish adequate fiscal resources to allow system improvement and maintenance of "first class" service; and, WHEREAS, complaints received by members of the City Council of the City of Paris, as well as their own observa- tion caused such members to question whether or not the service being provided by Midwest Video Corporation is "first class in all respects "; and, WHEREAS, the matter was discussed with representatives of Midwest Video Corporation in a regularly scheduled City Council meeting on September 12, 1983, at which time such representatives agreed service provided by Midwest Video corporation was not "first class in all respects "; and, WHEREAS, such representatives agreed to improve service to a "first class" level and to report back to the City Council on December 12, 1983; and, WHEREAS, at a regular Council meeting on January 9, 1984, representatives of Midwest Video Corporation reported to the City Council that although system improvements had been made, service provided by Midwest Video Corporation still was not "first class in all respects "; and, WHEREAS, the City Council believes that the rates authorized by Ordinance 2538 were reasonable for service provided by Midwest Video Corporation if it is "first class in all respects "; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, that the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas does hereby find that there is sufficient reason to question whether or not the quality of service provided by Midwest Video Corporation is a failure to comply with the terms of its franchise or is "first class in all respects" and therefore justifying the rates authorized by Ordinance 2538 and does hereby call a public hearing for 5:15 o'clock P.M. on the 21st day of February, 1984 to be held in the Council room, City Hall, Paris, Texas to hear evidence concerning such service. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that by copy of this Resolution being delivered to the Office of Midwest Video Corporation in Paris, Texas, such Midwest Video Corporation is notified to show cause, if any it has why its franchise should not be repealed or why its rates should not be decreased.